About 23 million light-years away, M106 is a Seyfert galaxy with an active core powered by a supermassive black hole. Its faint “anomalous arms” are shaped by energetic outflows interacting with the galactic disk.
What makes this image special: no luminance, no narrowband—just 6 hours of pure RGB data revealing dust lanes, star-forming regions, and a deep background filled with distant galaxies.
🔭 CDK17 + ASI6200MM
🎨 Astrodon RGB
⏱️ 6h RGB only
📍 Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
by kbarth001