M106 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Canes Venatica at an estimated distance of 25 million LY from
Earth.  Having a similar orientation as M31, it's spiral structure is apparent in long exposure photographs.  It
is an x-ray source and is suspected to contain a super-massive blackhole of up to 36 million solar masses.
Although once listed as a Seyfert Galaxy due to observed emission line spectra from it's nuclei, modern day
sources seldom mention it.



June 8, 2007
WO ZS 105mm f/7 Apo Refractor - Baader IR Filter
Canon Digital Rebel 300D / Modified (Hap Griffin)
125 Minutes / 25x300s @ 800ASA
Manually guided on a 14" Meade LX200
Skyhawk Observatory, West Bend, WI
Rick Kazmierski