Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  Coma Pinwheel  ·  M 100  ·  M 98  ·  M 99  ·  NGC 4192  ·  NGC 4254  ·  NGC 4298  ·  NGC 4302  ·  NGC 4312  ·  NGC 4321  ·  The star 6Com  ·  Virgo Cluster Pinwheel
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Galaxies M 100 - M 99 - M 98 in Coma Berenices, gigiastro
Galaxies M 100 - M 99 - M 98 in Coma Berenices, gigiastro

Galaxies M 100 - M 99 - M 98 in Coma Berenices

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Galaxies M 100 - M 99 - M 98 in Coma Berenices, gigiastro
Galaxies M 100 - M 99 - M 98 in Coma Berenices, gigiastro

Galaxies M 100 - M 99 - M 98 in Coma Berenices

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The galaxies M 100 - M 99 - M 98 are members of the Virgo cluster.

M 100 is a Starburst galaxy.

Messier 98 is a member of the Virgo Cluster,

which is a large cluster of galaxies, part of the local supercluster.

About 750 million years ago, it may have interacted with the large spiral galaxy Messier 99.

These are now separated by 1,300,000 ly

(from Wikipedia)

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Galaxies M 100 - M 99 - M 98 in Coma Berenices, gigiastro