Messier 100

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 9.4
gptkbp:body_shape yes
active nucleus
gptkbp:companion_galaxy gptkb:NGC_4322
gptkbp:contains_star gptkb:NGC_4322
yes
billions
NGC 4319
gptkbp:coordinates RA 12h 22m 54.0s, Dec +15° 49′ 00″
gptkbp:diameter approximately 130,000 light-years
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Pierre_Méchain
gptkbp:discovery_year 1781
March 15, 1781
gptkbp:distance_from_earth approximately 45 million light-years
gptkbp:emergency_services yes
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:Messier_catalog
gptkbp:features prominent dust lanes
gptkbp:first_appearance 1781
gptkbp:foot yes
gptkbp:has_barred_structure gptkb:true
gptkbp:has_color B-V = 0.9
gptkbp:has_features gptkb:spiral_galaxy
gptkbp:has_luminosity approximately 1.5 times that of the Milky Way
gptkbp:has_supernova gptkb:SN_1998bu
gptkb:SN_1991_T
SN 2006gy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Messier 100
gptkbp:included astronomical catalogs
gptkbp:is_located_at RA 12h 22m 54s, Dec +15° 49′ 0″
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Virgo_Cluster
large-scale structure of the universe
local supercluster
Messier 100 group
gptkbp:is_studied_for dark matter research
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:cosmology
galaxy formation research
gptkbp:is_visible_from yes
northern hemisphere
gptkbp:known_as gptkb:NGC_4321
gptkbp:lighting 20.5 mag/arcsec²
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Virgo_constellation
gptkbp:mass approximately 100 billion solar masses
gptkbp:members Virgo III group
gptkbp:notable_galaxies SAB(rs)bc
gptkbp:orbit_type yes
gptkbp:photography deep-sky photography
gptkbp:redshift 0.0047
0.0092
gptkbp:research gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:scope gptkb:NGC_4321
gptkbp:signage two main spiral arms
gptkbp:type gptkb:spiral_galaxy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Antlia
gptkb:Messier_catalog
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5