M106 - aka NGC 4258 is a medium size spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici that is
located about 25 Million light-years away from Earth.
It has a much smaller companion irregular galaxy NGC 4248 just above it in the photograph.
In the upper left of the photograph, is the small lenticular galaxy NGC 4346 which is located about 46Million
light-years away from Earth.
Further afield, in the upper right of the photograph is the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 4217,
which is located about 60 Million light-years away from Earth.
There are many further distant background galaxies also visible in the photograph.

Image acquisition and processing information:

Date: April 19th, 2023
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 14" telescope using a Hyperstar v4 lens
Mount: Astro-Physics AP-1200 GTO CP3
Camera: ZWO ASI-2400 MC Pro one-shot-color camera (gain 158)
Guiding: Telescope: AstroTech AT72ED, Camera: ASI-120 MM
Exposures: 120 one-minute exposures using a IR/UV cut filter
Image acquisition and guiding: ASIAIR Plus

Image processing Software: PixInsight v. 1.8.9.1