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This is Messier 106!

This beautiful spiral galaxy is special because it has an extra set of arms, rather than the usual one pair. These arms may have been created from the violent gravitational interactions of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy’s center!

Taken by me (Michelle Park) using the Slooh Canary Two telescope on January 13th, 2021 at 23:53 UTC.

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Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:30:06