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Spiral galaxies M100 in Coma Berenice

author: R.Gendler/J.E.Ovaldsen/Novapix

reference: a-gax43-21003

Image Size 300 DPI: 15 * 16 cm

M100 (NGC 4321) is a about 60 million light years away from Earth in the Virgo cluster. Center right of the image is SN2006X, a Type 1a supernova discovered in M100 on Febuary 04 2006. Image obtained from the ESO/Danish 1.5m telescope at La Silla, Chile.

Keywords for this photo:

2006 - ASTRONOMY - COMA BERENICES - DWARF GALAXY - ELLIPTICAL GALAXY - GALAXY - INTERACTING - M100 - NGC 4321 - Sc - SN 2006X - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR - SUPERNOVA - TYPE Ia - VIRGO CLUSTER -