Spiral Galaxy · M100

M100 — NGC 4321

M100 is one of the largest and brightest members of the Virgo Cluster, about 55 million light-years away in Coma Berenices. It is a grand design face-on spiral galaxy and was one of the first galaxies targeted by the Hubble Space Telescope

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