Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  M 100  ·  NGC 4312  ·  NGC 4321  ·  NGC 4323  ·  NGC 4328
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M100 The Mirror Galaxy, Albert  Christensen
M100 The Mirror Galaxy
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M100 The Mirror Galaxy

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M100 The Mirror Galaxy

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Mirror Galaxy NGC 4321 M100 also known as the Blowdryer Galaxy (Ugh). It is 7'24" size, magnitude 9.35 and 55 M light years away. It.is a grand design intermediate spiral galaxy in the southern part of the northern Coma Berenices. It is one of the brightest and largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, its diameter being 107,000 light years. (wikipedia)

Enjoyed a rare comfortable clear evening with no moon and seeing and transparency above average.

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M100 The Mirror Galaxy, Albert  Christensen