M106

NGC 4258

Constellation

Canes Venatici

Shape

Spiral

Magnitude

8.3

Size

18.2′

Position

12h 19m, +47.3°

Distance

24.2 ± 1.0 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M106

Further info

NASA: Messier 106

NED: M106

SIMBAD: M106

Wikipedia: Messier 106

Sources

Distance: NED-D (Steer 2020)

Magnitude and size: NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott 1988)

Shape: RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991)

Name: Wikipedia, List of Messier objects

M106, NGC 4258 — Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) and R. Gendler (for the Hubble Heritage Team); Acknowledgment: J. GaBany