M106 GALAXY on 2024-01-20
This photo was taken in Kyle, Texas, under Bortle 5.9 skies, through a 6-inch f/4 Telescope, on a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount, with a ZWO ASI533MC PRO color camera. The processing was done with PixInsight. The total image acquisition time is: 4 hrs 16 min 0 sec. The processing was done with PixInsight. Full Size View Full size files are very large and can take a minute to download. After downloading the full-size picture to zoom in or out on a computer hold down the Ctrl key and use the scroll mouse button, or you can press the + or - key. Wide Field View
M106, also labeled NGC 4258, is the largest galaxy in this picture. NGC4217 is the second largest galaxy in my picture and is to the right of M106. It appears as an edge-on galaxy with a dark dust lane. M106 is about 22 to 25 million light-years away from our Earth. M106 contains an active nucleus classified as a Type 2 Seyfert, with a central supermassive black hole. Its neighbor, NGC4217 lies farther away at about 60 million light-years from the Earth. If you look carefully at least 10 other galaxies can be seen in this picture.
