M106
Monday, April 6, 2026
This is M106, aka NGC4258 — a galaxy with no nickname in Canes Venatici (”Hunting Dogs”). 140 one-minute exposures, gain 60; I was going for 200 but the clouds rolled in.
I also caught a satellite, at top left. Actually, examining it closely it’s probably a plane — it’s a series of dots, and satellites don’t usually flash like this.
And on the lower right is NGC4217, a spiral galaxy viewed edge-on. Click to view at full size, and you can see more galaxies.
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