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APOD: M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange... (2019 Mar 17)
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:05 am
by APOD Robot
M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange Center
Explanation: What's happening at the center of spiral galaxy M106? A swirling disk of stars and gas,
M106's appearance is dominated by blue spiral arms and red
dust lanes near the nucleus, as shown in the
featured image. The core of
M106 glows brightly in
radio waves and
X-rays where
twin jets have been found running the length of the galaxy. An unusual central glow makes
M106 one of the closest examples of the
Seyfert class of galaxies, where vast amounts of glowing gas are thought to be falling into a central massive
black hole.
M106, also designated
NGC 4258, is a relatively close 23.5 million light years away, spans 60 thousand
light years across, and can be seen with a small telescope towards the
constellation of the Hunting Dogs (
Canes Venatici).
Re: APOD: M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange... (2019 Mar 17)
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 8:48 am
by Boomer12k
To me it looks like an end to a merger...the whiter center looks like it is streaming into the center of M106... there appear to be star trail coming out of it... relatively soon... the "dance of the black holes" begins? ...ooooooo.....
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Re: APOD: M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange... (2019 Mar 17)
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:36 am
by Iksarfighter
Wonderful, but what téléscope made this image please ?
Cant find it in the text and my English is a bit poor sorry.
Re: APOD: M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange... (2019 Mar 17)
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 10:25 am
by De58te
Iksarfighter wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:36 am
Wonderful, but what téléscope made this image please ?
Cant find it in the text and my English is a bit poor sorry.
M106
This image is the composition of frames from the Subaru telescope (R+ band) and Hubble Space Telescope observations for the galaxy core (assembled and processed by Robert Gendler).
The overall luminance has been colorized with a former image by Giovanni Paglioli.
Re: APOD: M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange... (2019 Mar 17)
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:17 pm
by orin stepanek
Yes indeed it does look unusual; but pretty too!
Re: APOD: M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange... (2019 Mar 17)
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:12 am
by Iksarfighter
De58te wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 10:25 am
Iksarfighter wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:36 am
Wonderful, but what téléscope made this image please ?
Cant find it in the text and my English is a bit poor sorry.
M106
This image is the composition of frames from the Subaru telescope (R+ band) and Hubble Space Telescope observations for the galaxy core (assembled and processed by Robert Gendler).
The overall luminance has been colorized with a former image by Giovanni Paglioli.
All right ! Very THX
Re: APOD: M106: A Spiral Galaxy with a Strange... (2019 Mar 17)
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:31 pm
by Yahchanan
Sweet, but Art's picture showed those bubbles real well.