Messier 100
View Full ResolutionIs a large spiral galaxy in the Coma-Virgo galaxy cluster. We are looking at this galaxy face-on, and several other galaxies are also visible. This image was taken in Spain on 1st June, 2019 using the Planewave scope and QSI 683 camera and is an LRGB of 60:30:30:30 minutes. 65 million light years away, M100 is large. It is 130,000 light years in diameter and was entered into Messier's catalogue in 1781.