M106

M106 — galaxy, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore M106 in an interactive 3D view of space. See its catalogue position, distance and astronomical facts.

A spiral with two extra “anomalous” arms made of hot gas, carved by jets from its active core — whose black hole mass is among the most precisely weighed in the universe.

Type

Spiral / Seyfert (SAB(s)bc)

Distance

24 million light-years

Core

Water-maser ring pins its black hole at 40M Suns

Explore M106 in 3D

M106 is placed in three-dimensional space using catalogue coordinates and an adopted astronomical distance. Rotate and zoom to explore the model. Stellar surfaces, gas structure and dust depths may be reconstructed or illustrative, as described in its facts; this is not live imagery from a telescope.