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M106

NGC 4258

Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici

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Proper Name	Name
Messier Number	M106
NGC/IC Number	NGC 4258
Constellation	Canes Venatici
Right Ascension	12h 18m 58s
Declination	+47° 18' 13"
Distance	c.21,500,000 light years c.6,600,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +8.31 Absolute: -20.78
Mean Diameter	Apparent: 17.0' Actual: 106,000 light years
Hubble Type	Sbc Spiral
Optimum Visibility	April (Usually visible from northern latitudes)

One of a crop of galaxies scattered through the region either side of the border between Canes Venatici and Ursa Major. M106 lies just within Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs, and is an eighth-magnitude galaxy of the spiral type.

M106 is the largest member of the Canes Venatici II Group of galaxies in northern Canes Venatici. Also visible in this image to the northwest of M106 is the smaller and more distant NGC 4248, a peculiar spiral with irregular features, somewhat more distant than the large foreground spiral of M106. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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