Observable in the” Hunting Dogs” constellation, M106 is located at a distance of around 23 million light-years, and is the dominant galaxy in a small local group of galaxies (Canes II), some members of which can be seen in the image shown.
This spiral galaxy is roughly equivalent in size to our neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, with a diameter of around 130,000 light-years (slightly larger than our own Milky Way).
Photo taken in South Portugal, Remote France. 46 hours of exposure in LHaRHaVB from 28/03 to 05/05/2025, by Team ARO (https;//astroaro.fr)
Set up Astrosib RC 400 on DDM85 mount
Camera Moravian C4 CMOS 36×36
Pixinsight-Photoshop processing
