Ground-Based Photo of M106 from N.A.Sharp/EU program/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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Alternate Names

NGC 4258

Type

Supermassive

Location

in the constellation Canes Venatici

Finder Chart

Distance

24 million light-years

Mass

24 million to 38 million times the mass of the Sun

Size

Greater than the distance from Earth to the Sun

Discovery Methods

Measuring the motions of gas
Measuring the motions of stars

An optical view of M106. Big clusters of stars along the galaxy's spiral arms glow pink and red. The galaxy spans about 30,000 light-years. [N.A.Sharp/EU program/NOAO/AURA/NSF]

This document was last modified: June 11, 2010.