Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 783  ·  M 100  ·  NGC 4312  ·  NGC 4321  ·  NGC 4322  ·  NGC 4323  ·  NGC 4328  ·  PGC 1490473  ·  PGC 3090631  ·  PGC 3090632  ·  PGC 3096132  ·  PGC 39935  ·  PGC 39941  ·  PGC 39948  ·  PGC 40002  ·  PGC 40045  ·  PGC 40068  ·  PGC 40083  ·  PGC 40130  ·  PGC 40159  ·  PGC 40171  ·  PGC 40184  ·  PGC 40214
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M100, Mark L Mitchell
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M100

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M100

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6.75 h LRGB. I had 2h of H alpha, but it didn't seem to add much.
M-100 is the brightest spiral galaxy in the Virgo cluster. It is 56 Mly away. Its center has a 'galaxy within the galaxy' appearance best seen in a famous 1993 HST image (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap960109.html).

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M100, Mark L Mitchell

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The refractors!