Galaxy M106 in the constellation Canes Venatici and other, smaller galaxies.

Galaxy M 106 has two additional spiral arms visible in radio and X‑ray wavelengths (discovered in the 1960s). Initially, they were thought to be jet emissions from the supermassive black hole at its center, but researchers from the University of Maryland disproved this idea. Observations were conducted with six telescopes: the Digitized Sky Survey, Hubble, Very Large Array (radio), Chandra and XMM‑Newton (X‑ray), and Spitzer (infrared). Analysis revealed that the arms consist of gas heated by shock waves; powerful outflows from the nucleus, capable of generating such waves, were detected in radio wavelengths.

M 106 is a bright Sbp‑type galaxy (due to a possible central bar). Its inclination is similar to that of M 31, making dust lanes clearly visible. The spiral arms end in bright regions—likely areas of recent star formation with hot, massive stars.