Messier 106 in Canes Venatici

M106 is a large spiral galaxy around 135,000 lightyears across and 24 million lightyears distant. Note the much fainter outer parts, which seem to be angled slightly differently from the main part of the galaxy

ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera through a 200mm Teleskop-Service Ritchey-Chretien telescope.

Date: 27/02/2019

Photographer: Graham Wilcock

Messier 106 in Canes Venatici

M106 is a large spiral galaxy around 135,000 lightyears across and 24 million lightyears distant. Note the much fainter outer parts, which seem to be angled slightly differently from the main part of the galaxy

ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera through a 200mm Teleskop-Service Ritchey-Chretien telescope.

Date: 27/02/2019

Photographer: Graham Wilcock