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M106 - Canes Venatici II Group
M106 is a spiral galaxy located in Canes Venatici constellation; is 22-25 million light-years far from Earth. It is a giant one, getting luminosity and size levels near M31’s. M106 has an active nucleus classified as Type 2 Seyfer due to a detected X-ray emission. It ’s suspected that parts of the galaxy are falling in super-massive black hole placed on the galaxy’s center.
M106 belongs to The Canes Venatici Group II, a group of galaxies about 26 million light-years from Earth. Being the biggest of the group, M106, is surrounded by by, between others, NGC4248, NGC4217, NGC4232 or NGC4231. The wide FOV of this image allows to see a big portion of Canes Group II, showing us the big amount of galaxies belonging to it. Many objects NGC and PGC can be detected (see annotated image).
Technical data:
Remote Observatory "FarLightTeam"
Team: José Esteban, Jesús M. Vargas, Bittor Zabalegui, Marc Valero
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 ED 530mm f/5
CCDs: QSI683 wsg8
Filters: Baader Planetarium - LRGB
Mount: 10Micron GM1000 HPS
Imaging Software: Voyager
Processing Software: PixInsight
Imaging Data:
Hosting "E-EYE Entre Encinas y Estrellas”
(Fregenal de la Sierra ) Badajoz, Spain.
L: 60 x 900"
RGB: 30 x 300” (each)
Image resolution: 2,1 arc”/pixel
M106 - Canes Venatici II Group
M106 is a spiral galaxy located in Canes Venatici constellation; is 22-25 million light-years far from Earth. It is a giant one, getting luminosity and size levels near M31’s. M106 has an active nucleus classified as Type 2 Seyfer due to a detected X-ray emission. It ’s suspected that parts of the galaxy are falling in super-massive black hole placed on the galaxy’s center.
M106 belongs to The Canes Venatici Group II, a group of galaxies about 26 million light-years from Earth. Being the biggest of the group, M106, is surrounded by by, between others, NGC4248, NGC4217, NGC4232 or NGC4231. The wide FOV of this image allows to see a big portion of Canes Group II, showing us the big amount of galaxies belonging to it. Many objects NGC and PGC can be detected (see annotated image).
Technical data:
Remote Observatory "FarLightTeam"
Team: José Esteban, Jesús M. Vargas, Bittor Zabalegui, Marc Valero
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 ED 530mm f/5
CCDs: QSI683 wsg8
Filters: Baader Planetarium - LRGB
Mount: 10Micron GM1000 HPS
Imaging Software: Voyager
Processing Software: PixInsight
Imaging Data:
Hosting "E-EYE Entre Encinas y Estrellas”
(Fregenal de la Sierra ) Badajoz, Spain.
L: 60 x 900"
RGB: 30 x 300” (each)
Image resolution: 2,1 arc”/pixel