M106 is a galaxy located in the constellation of Canes Venatici (the hunting dogs).
At a distance of 29 million light years it is one of the closest Seyfert type galaxies.
Seyferts are a class of galaxies with intensely bright cores - their radiation is thought
to be generated by gas infalling onto the accretion disk of their central supermassive black hole.
Seyferts could be considered as a "missing link" between quasars and the generally quiescent central
blackholes found in galaxies in the current epoch.
Taken after camera refit at FLI - CCD sensor orthogonality to the optical axis now appears close to perfect,
and new CCD window heater allows the camera to be run at -30C without any dewing. Great job FLI!
