M106 Galaxy
M106 in Canes Venatici
was actually discovered in 1781 by Messier's friend, Pierre Méchain.
This beautiful and bright galaxy is 20,000,000 light-years away and is classified as a peculiar 'normal' Sb.
The blue arms form a dim spiral pattern which can be traced well into its core.
The active center emits pink HII jets similar to the center of other starburst galaxies such as M82.
M106 has a much larger footprint in radio radiation than in visual light.
The 'small' galaxy, NGC 4248 is just below and to the right of the main galaxy.
Thanks to Mark Hanson for acquiring and preprocessing this fine data.
LARGE
was actually discovered in 1781 by Messier's friend, Pierre Méchain.
This beautiful and bright galaxy is 20,000,000 light-years away and is classified as a peculiar 'normal' Sb.
The blue arms form a dim spiral pattern which can be traced well into its core.
The active center emits pink HII jets similar to the center of other starburst galaxies such as M82.
M106 has a much larger footprint in radio radiation than in visual light.
The 'small' galaxy, NGC 4248 is just below and to the right of the main galaxy.
Thanks to Mark Hanson for acquiring and preprocessing this fine data.
LARGE