Wallpaper author:
JEAN-LOUIS FAIVRE
07 Apr 2024
M100
Messier 100 (also known as NGC 4321 or the Mirror Galaxy) is a grand design intermediate spiral galaxy in the southern part of the mildly northern Coma Berenices. It is one of the brightest and largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster and is approximately 55 million light-years from our galaxy, its diameter being 107,000 light years, and being about 60% as large.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M100
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 185.72891 Dec 15.8223
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................18 Mar 2024 - 07 Apr 2024
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 315 | 1h45m | 20 |
| Red | 315 | 1h45m | 20 |
| Green | 300 | 1h35m | 19 |
| Blue | 268 | 1h25m | 19 |