Messier 106: Amateur and Professional Astronomers Join Together to Peer Into the Eyes of Creation

Nearly four million light years away in the direction of the constellation of Canes Venatici, a visage of creation awaited to be revealed. Now, thanks to the teamwork of the astronomical image processors at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, and world-renowned astrophotographers Robert Gendler and Jay GaBany, we’re able to see combined …

Messier 106

Object Name: Messier 106 Alternative Designations: M106, NGC 4258 Object Type: Sbp Spiral Galaxy Constellation: Canes Venetici Right Ascension: 12 : 19.0 (h:m) Declination: +47 : 18 (deg:m) Distance: 25000 (kly) Visual Brightness: 8.4 (mag) Apparent Dimension: 19×8 (arc min) Locating Messier 106: To begin in roughly the correct area to locate M106, identify the …