Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  Coma Pinwheel  ·  HD107170  ·  M 99  ·  NGC 4254  ·  Virgo Cluster Pinwheel
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M99 galaxy "Coma Pinwheel", Matteo Mooren
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M99 galaxy "Coma Pinwheel"

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M99 galaxy "Coma Pinwheel", Matteo Mooren
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M99 galaxy "Coma Pinwheel"

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Object type : spiral galaxy type SA(s)c
Distance : 56 million lightyears
Starcount : 150 billion
Diameter : 95,000 lightyears

A nice galaxy and a member of the Virgo cluster. It's a decent crop, because this galaxy is only 5x5 arc minutes in size. Because of the crop, I doubled the resolution in the final editing to be able to edit better. I am very happy with this result.

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M99 galaxy "Coma Pinwheel", Matteo Mooren