Tuesday, March 24, 2015

APOD 3.5

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A prime example of a striking spiral galaxy, M106 consists of blue dust cloud spiral arms with notable red dust arms near the center of the spiraling entity. Radio and X-ray emissions are particularly prominent from the core of this spiral galaxy, which also goes along with the peculiarity in that the core has a strange glow. It is believed that M106 can credit this glow to a high concentration of glowing gas surrounding a black hole. M106, also known as NGC 4258, is a part of the constellation Canes Venatici.

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