Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 783  ·  IC 787  ·  M 100  ·  NGC 4312  ·  NGC 4321  ·  NGC 4322  ·  NGC 4328  ·  NGC 4379  ·  NGC 4396  ·  NGC 4405
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M100 - The Blowdryer Galaxy, Kurt Zeppetello
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M100 - The Blowdryer Galaxy

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M100 - The Blowdryer Galaxy, Kurt Zeppetello
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M100 - The Blowdryer Galaxy

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Last week proved to be pretty good for a couple of nights anyway as I was able to capture several of the Virgo galaxies. This one, Messier 100 (a.k.a. M100 or NGC 4321) is a spiral galaxy located within the southern part of constellation Coma Berenices. It is one of the brightest and largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, located approximately 55 million light-years distant from Earth and has a diameter of 107,000 light years (source: wikipedia).

This also happens to be my 80th Messier object imaged with the Orion ED80 F/7.5 Refractor. I am definitely seeing the light at the end of the tunnel although it my take another year.

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M100 - The Blowdryer Galaxy, Kurt Zeppetello

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