Spiral Galaxy M100
A picture taken with the WFPC-1 camera in wide field mode, on November 27, 1993, just a few days prior to the STS-61 servicing mission. The effects of optical aberration in HST's 2.4-meter primary mirror blur starlight, smear out fine detail, and limit the telescope's ability to see faint structure.
Credit:
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9401b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 13 January 1994, 06:00 |
| Size: | 636 x 636 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 12204+1605, M 100, Messier 100, NGC 4321 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Distance: | 50 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC1 |
