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M 100 - NGC 4521
Coma Berenices
Penryn, California
February/April 2003
FS-128G  (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB 15 minutes each

M100 is a typical spiral galaxy type Sc and is the brightest member of the Virgo Cluster at approximately 60 million  light years distance.  Four supernova have been discovered in this nebula.