North Carolina's Three College Observatory

M100 ---  Spiral Galaxy

M100 --- This  400-second exposure is shown here in enhanced color to emphasize contrast.  The image was taken in the R-band which is in the red spectral region.   The image was taken with UNCG's CCD camera at the Three College Observatory on May 20, 1998.

The Three College Observatory is located south of Burlington, NC.

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