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M100

05.02.2006 03:00 UTC

My first visit to the Virgo galaxy cluster candystore. M100 should be the galaxy for spiral arm hunters, but with my backyards backgroud sky, there was no chance. The whole galaxy was wery dim and flat, but only a slightly brighter core.

NGC Object List:
NGC4321 galaxy RA:12h22m54.9 Dec:+15°49m'22" BMag:10.1, M 100

Sketch

| Location: Aittakorpi, Kotka | Seeing: 2(5) | Background Sky: 3(5) | Magnification: 115x | Light pollution. Pretty bright background sky. No moon. |

Added: 05.02.2006 12:00 UTC