Years of observations in WFC3 (which offers a unique combination
of high sensitivity and wide spectral coverage), Hubble's
primary camera, the Advanced Camera for Surveys (which offers
three independent, high-resolution channels covering the
ultraviolet to the near-infrared regions of the spectrum), and
the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 have given scientists
varied views and detailed pieces of M106 that are now being
combined to offer a richer view of the spiral galaxy. Using
these extensive data archives of Hubble images of M106, a mosaic
was created of the center of the galaxy. Working with
astronomical image processors at the Space Telescope Science
Institute in Baltimore, Gendler then combined his own and fellow
astrophotographer Jay GaBany's ground-based red-green-blue image
observations to enrich the image detail where Hubble data was
insufficient. Using the resources from the scientific operations
center for space-based astronomical observations at the Space
Telescope Science Institute, which also