M98, M99, M100 and more (Matt)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com) · Contains: 14.27 · 357 Ninina · 6 Com · Coma Pinwheel · IC 3044 · IC 3049 · IC 3050 · IC 3059 · 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 771 · IC 775 · IC 781 · IC 783 · M 100 · M 98 · M 99 · NGC 4164 · NGC 4165 · NGC 4168 · And 20 more.

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M98, M99, M100 and more

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M98, M99, M100 and more

I’ve been drawn to groups of galaxies lately - it’s fascinating to me that a few clusters of pixels on this image represent an untold number of stars, planets, and who knows what else.

I took this image on an RV camping trip. I had planned to stay up, monitor the session, and enjoy the quiet night…but I passed out soon after setting up my gear. My hungry 18 month old daughter woke me up a few hours later, and after getting her back down I went out to find my lens totally frosted over. The temperature had dropped over 20 degrees (F) in just a few hours, which really made me miss the EAF on my Stellarvue refractor…

Anyways, not too much time went into this, but I think these three Messier galaxies are beauties and will deserve a closer look at some point.

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Description: Uncalibrated eyeballs...needed to remove some more green.

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RA (center)	12h17m47s.44
RA (top/left)	12h21m00s.21
RA (top/right)	12h24m05s.32
RA (bottom/right)	12h14m31s.13
RA (bottom/left)	12h11m34s.50

Dec (center)	+14°33′15″.9
Dec (top/left)	+12°36′02″.2
Dec (top/right)	+16°00′42″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	+16°30′17″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	+13°05′12″.8

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