About NGC 4321 (M100)

NGC 4321 is a rewarding deep-sky target and is visible as a compact luminous region. It is quite faint.

Current visibility

Right now it is at about 50° altitude and reaches 74° around 08:48 PM.

It stays above 30° for roughly 8 hours.

Galaxies are sensitive to light pollution, fine detail requires darker skies.

Observing tips

It can be challenging under typical skies.

What to expect

In small telescopes it remains mostly unresolved.

It is more subtle than brighter Dso objects.

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Distance

60000000 ly

Size

6.9' x 6.2'

Season

Spring

Difficulty

Very Hard

Magnitude

9.3