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Name:- Kieran Davies (Year 10) at
West Monmouth School.
M100
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Taken By: Kieran
Davies
taken: Feb 27, 2009
14:08:58 UTC
RA: 12h22'55“
DEC: 15°49'22“
Filter: RGB
time: 90 secs.
Faulkes Telescope
Hawaii
M100
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Messier 100 is a spiral
galaxy about 53 million
light-years away.
It is in the constellation
Coma Berenices.
It was discovered by
Pierre Méchain in 1781.
It is one of the brightest
galaxies in the Virgo
cluster.
M100
Five supernovae have been
identified in M100:
1. SN 1901B,
2. SN 1914A,
3. SN 1959E, SN 1979C
4. and SN 2006X.
The most recent supernova
was seen by West
Monmouth School and
photographed at the time
using the Faulkes
Telescope North in
Hawaii via the internet.
Comparing two images of M100
with the one we took in 2006
Foreground
star, not part
of the galaxy
Foreground star
still showing, but
supernova now
gone
supernova
Image taken by West Monmouth
School in 2006 showing the supernova,
Image taken by (Kieran Davies from
Class 10L) in February 2009, showing
the supernova has now faded from sight.