#m106

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M106 // Piero Venturi

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M106, also designated NGC 4258, is a relatively close 23.5 million light years away, spans 60 thousand light years across, and can be seen with a small telescope towards the constellation of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici).

Image Credit: Ali Al Obaidly

[luciacristina15s]

Nice trip! 🌌

5 seconds of traveling through the M106 galaxy, like being sucked into the abyss of space ✨

It's like flying really close to a black hole...!

⚠️ Original image is NASA official video made with Grok

#M106 #Star Sommelier

POST: crf1995

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Aromantic flag colorpicked from Messier 106 galaxy

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Tameem Altameemi in the United Arab Emirates captured this image of spiral galaxy M106, some 23.5 million light-years away, along with a host of distant background galaxies ❣️💛❤️ Tameem wrote: "M106 is distinguished by its brilliant core and well-defined spiral arms. And deep exposures also reveal 2 unusual 'anomalous arms' of hot gas extending beyond the visible spiral structure. These features, seen in radio and X-ray images, are likely driven by the energetic activity of its central supermassive black hole."

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[cuprikorn]

[mystarypi-astronomy]

This is Messier 106! 🌌🌌🌌

This galaxy is very bright due to its supermassive black hole at its center and a megamaser (a large microwave laser) that are present in the galaxy.  The galaxy is a whopping 22-25 million light years away but as one of the most luminous nearby galaxies, it has been a useful object for both stargazers and astrophysicists alike! 💖💖💖

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on March 29th, 2021 at 23:31 UTC.