Messier 99
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Cosmos (770)
Galaxy (610)
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Spiral Galaxy (87)
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Messier 99 (1)
NGC 4254 (1)
Coma Bernices (1)
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Grand design Galaxy spiral galaxy Messier 99 looks majestic on a truly Cosmic scale. This recently processed full galaxy portrait stretches over 70,000 light-years across M99.
The sharp view is a combination of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared astronomy image data from the Hubble Image Space Telescope.
About 50 million light-years distant toward the well-groomed constellation Coma Bernices, the face-on spiral is a member of the nearby Virgo Galaxy Cluster. Also cataloged as NGC 4254, a close encounter with another Virgo Galaxy Cluster member has likely influenced the shape of its well-defined, blue spiral arms.