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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. 6,590,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +8.31 Absolute: -20.78
Mean Diameter	Apparent: 17.0' Actual: 106,000 light years
Hubble Type	SAB intermediate spiral
Optimum Visibility	April (usually visible from northern latitudes)
Notes	The spiral structure of M106 is warped and twisted by a second pair of arm-like structures, barely detectable in visible light but showing clearly in X-ray and radio wavelengths, that extend outward from the nucleus at a perpendicular angle to the two spiral arms evident in visible wavelengths.

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.

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