M100 - The Blowdryer Galaxy

Last week proved to be pretty good for a couple of nights anyway as I was able to capture several of the Virgo galaxies.  This one, Messier 100 (a.k.a. M100 or NGC 4321) is a spiral galaxy located within the southern part of constellation Coma Berenices. It is one of the brightest and largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, located approximately 55 million light-years distant from Earth and has a diameter of 107,000 light years (source: wikipedia).

This also happens to be my 80th Messier object imaged with the Orion ED80 F/7.5 Refractor.  I am definitely seeing the light at the end of the tunnel although it my take another year.
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Wide Field

Crop

M100
Location: Happy Frog Observatory, Monroe, CT
Date: 5-15-17
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i(a), Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Focal Reducer: Orion 0.8x Focal Reducer for Refractor Telescopes
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Filter: Astrodon UV/IR
Autoguiding: QHY-5L-II-M attached to an Agena 50mm Guide Scope with Helical Focuser
Exposure: 45 x 90s
ISO: 1600
Temp: 18 C
Post Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop, Lightroom, Gradient Exterminator, Astronomy Tools, StarTools.

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