Spiral Galaxy M100

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Messier 100

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|- ! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent magnitude (V) | +9.3 |- ! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent dimensions (V) | 7.4' × 6.3' |- ! style="text-align:left;" | Constellation | Coma Berenices |- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #30D5C8; text-align: center;" | Physical characteristics |- ! style="text-align:left;" | Radius | 53,490 ly |- ! style="text-align:left;" | Absolute magnitude (V) | 13.3 |- ! style="text-align:left;" | Notable features | |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Other designations |- | colspan="2" | |} Messier 100 (also known as NGC 4321) is a spiral galaxy about 150 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. It is one of the brightest members of the Virgo cluster. There have been five supernovae (SN 1901B, SN 1914A, SN 1959E, SN 1979C and SN 2006X) discovered within it. NGC 4323 is a satellite galaxy of Messier 100 Other images Image:1994-02-b-full jpg.jpg|Full look at center by HST Image:Improvement in Hubble images after SMM1.jpg|Before and after the fix of HST External link [SEDS: Spiral Galaxy 100]   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: