A lot of the pics of this galaxy were from The Hubble, and surprisingly they got some help from an amateur astronomer.  Messier 106 is particularly mysterious for a number of reasons:

Located a little over 20 million light-years away, practically a neighbor by galactic standards, Messier 106 is one of the brightest and nearest spiral galaxies to our Milky Way. Although it may not look particularly unique, some of its features have baffled astronomers for years.

Let’s check out a video on the mysteries of this galaxy on page 2

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