About 55 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices, Messier 100 is a textbook grand-design spiral and one of the brightest members of the Virgo Cluster. Its near-perfectly wound arms are so symmetrical that the galaxy earned the nickname Mirror Galaxy – trace lanes of dust and glowing H II regions where new stars ignite. Over the past century astronomers have recorded six supernovae here, underscoring the galaxy’s vigorous cycle of stellar birth and death.
This 10 h 05′ LRGB rendition resolves the mottled core, the feathered spiral structure, and a faint halo sprinkled with more distant background galaxies.
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Acquisition & Processing
• Luminance, Red, Green, Blue totaling 10 h 05′
• Data from Telescope Live while my own camera is in for repair
• Workflow focused on preserving core brightness and subtle arm detail while keeping background noise low
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