M100 and Surrounding Area
Messier 100 (also known as NGC 4321) is a grand design intermediate spiral galaxy located within the southern part of constellation Coma Berenices. It is one of the brightest and largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, located approximately 55 million light-years distant from Earth and has a diameter of 107,000 light years, roughly 60% the size of the Milky Way. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain on March 15, 1781 and was subsequently entered in Messier's catalogue of nebulae and star clusters after Charles Messier made observations of his own on April 13, 1781.
Imaging telescope : Planewave CDK14
Imaging camera : FLI Proline 16803
Mount: Paramount MX + Filters: L , B , G , R
Dates: May 22, 2020
Frames: B: 16x300" bin 2x2 G: 16x300" bin 2x2 L: 36x900" bin 1x1 R: 16x300" bin 2x2
Integration: 13.0 hours
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