Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 783  ·  M 100  ·  NGC 4312  ·  NGC 4321  ·  NGC 4322  ·  NGC 4323  ·  NGC 4328  ·  PGC 1490473  ·  PGC 3090631  ·  PGC 3090632  ·  PGC 3096132  ·  PGC 39956  ·  PGC 40002  ·  PGC 40045  ·  PGC 40068  ·  PGC 40083  ·  PGC 40130  ·  PGC 40159  ·  PGC 40171  ·  PGC 40184  ·  PGC 40214
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M100 and friends in the Coma Berenices, Arnaud Peel
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M100 and friends in the Coma Berenices

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M100 and friends in the Coma Berenices

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M100: Similar in appearance to our own Milky Way, Messier 100 is a grand spiral galaxy that presents an intricate structure, with a bright core and two prominent arms. The galaxy harbours numerous young and hot massive stars as well as extremely hot regions of ionised hydrogen. Two smaller arms are seen emerging from the centre and reaching towards the larger spiral arms. The galaxy, located 60 million light-years away, is slightly larger than the Milky Way, with a diameter of about 120,000 light-years. A supernova was discovered in M100 on 4 February 2006. Named SN 2006X, it is the 5th supernova to have been found in M100 since 1900.

52 Light subs @180s gain 100 and -15°C

20 Blue subs @180s gain 100 and -15°C

16 Green subs @180s gain 100 and -15°C

20 Red subs @180s gain 100 and -15°C

Total exposure = 5.4 hours

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M100 and friends in the Coma Berenices, Arnaud Peel