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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6100. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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M100 is one of the largest spiral galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, its true size being similar to that of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31. It lies in Coma Berenices, completing a triangle around the star 6 Comae Berenices with M98 and M99, all of which were discovered by Mechain on the same fruitful night in March 1781. Although M100 is cataloged as of ninth magnitude, roughly twice as bright as M98 and ...

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