Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  HD107415  ·  HD107726  ·  HD107907  ·  IC 783  ·  M 100  ·  NGC 4312  ·  NGC 4321  ·  NGC 4322  ·  NGC 4323  ·  NGC 4328  ·  NGC 4379
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M100, Massimo Di Fusco
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M100

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Messier 100 (also known as NGC 4321) is a grand design intermediate spiral galaxy in the southern part of the mildly northern Coma Berenices. It is one of the brightest and largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster and is approximately 55 million light-years from our galaxy. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and 29 days later seen again and entered by Charles Messier in his catalogue "of nebulae and star clusters". It was one of the first spiral galaxies to be discovered, and was listed as one of fourteen spiral nebulae by Lord William Parsons of Rosse in 1850.

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