Image of M100 winner of the April Pretty Picture Award by Kevin Weigell
Here’s what Kevin had to say about his image.
Here is Messier 100, sometimes also known as the “Mirror Galaxy”.
M100 is a face-on grand design spiral galaxy, located in the constellation Coma Berenices. It’s a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It’s also accompanied by many other smaller galaxies in the same field of view. It is located about 55 million light-years distant. This image is a combination of 75 5-minute exposures for a total integration time of 6 hours, 15 minutes.