Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  M 100  ·  NGC 4321  ·  NGC 4323  ·  NGC 4328
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Grand -Design Spiral Galaxy M100, sydney
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Grand -Design Spiral Galaxy M100

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M100 is a grand-design spiral galaxy that is bursting with star formation.  Located in the constellation Coma Berenices, it is one of the largest members of the Virgo Cluster.  Luminous extensions of its sweeping outer arms connect M100 with two satellite galaxies NGC 4323 and NGC 4328.  Observations of Cepheid variable stars in M100 place its distance at about 56 million light-years from Earth. 

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20x 600s luminance
30x420s RGB (10 exposures per channel)

Total integration of 6.8 hours

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Astrodon I-series

Processing:
CCDStack and Photoshop.

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