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Galaxy · Canes Venatici

M 106

Also known as NGC 4258 · PGC 39600 · UGC 7353

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Canes Venatici

Position (J2000)

12h 18m 58s · +47° 18′ 14″

Discovered

by Pierre Méchain in 1781

Pictures

2

Typical integration

3.6 h

Magnitude

9.29

visual

Size

17′ × 7.2′

Distance

~23,000,000 ly

Best months

Feb–Apr

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.