Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  15.71  ·  6 Com  ·  735 Marghanna  ·  IC 3049  ·  IC 3050  ·  IC 3059  ·  IC 3060  ·  IC 3061  ·  IC 3062  ·  IC 3064  ·  IC 3065  ·  IC 3066  ·  IC 3073  ·  IC 3077  ·  IC 3080  ·  IC 3093  ·  IC 3094  ·  IC 3096  ·  IC 3142  ·  IC 3238  ·  IC 3244  ·  IC 3258  ·  IC 771  ·  IC 775  ·  IC 781  ·  IC 783  ·  M 100  ·  M 98  ·  M 99  ·  NGC 4186  ·  And 21 more.
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M99 Spiral Galaxy in ‎Coma Berenices, Sigga
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Messier 99 or M99 (NGC 4254) is an unbarred spiral galaxy approximately 50 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy has a normal looking arm and an extended arm that is less tightly wound. A bridge of neutral hydrogen gas links NGC 4254 with VIRGOHI21, a HI region and a possible dark galaxy.

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Messier99 - Wikipedia

Messier99 - Astropixels.com

Messier99 - SEDS

This is image #3 in long term project to the photograph complete Messier catalog.

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