Science  People  Locations  Timeline
Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Home > Spiral Galaxy M100


 

Spiral Galaxy M100 (also known as Messier Object 100, Messier 100, M100 or NGC 4321) is a spiral galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellation. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. M100 is located at 17 Megaparsecs from Earth and has a diameter of 36,800 parsecs. It is one of the brightest members of the Virgo cluster.

1 Related topics

2 External links

Coma Berenices constellation Messier objects NGC objects Spiral galaxies Virgo Cluster

Read more »

Non User