Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3313  ·  IC 783  ·  IC 787  ·  M 100  ·  NGC 4312  ·  NGC 4321  ·  NGC 4323  ·  NGC 4328  ·  NGC 4379  ·  NGC 4396  ·  NGC 4405  ·  NGC 4421
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Messier 100 (also known as NGC 4321) is a grand design intermediate spiral galaxy located within the southern part of constellation Coma Berenices.[4] It is one of the brightest and largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, located approximately 55 million light-years[3] 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[5] after Charles Messier[6] made observations of his own on April 13, 1781. The galaxy was one of the first spiral galaxies[6] to be discovered, and was listed as one of fourteen spiral nebulae by Lord William Parsons of Rosse in 1850. NGC 4323 and NGC 4328 are satellite galaxies of M100; the former is connected with it by a bridge of luminous matter.

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