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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2023 April 8   
       A spiral galaxy is shown with spiral arms dominated by blue stars and   
        with a bright central swirl that itself looks like a spiral galaxy.   
             Please see the explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                        M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy   
             Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Judy Schmidt   
      
      Explanation: Majestic on a truly cosmic scale, M100 is appropriately   
      known as a grand design spiral galaxy. It is a large galaxy of over 100   
      billion stars with well-defined spiral arms that is similar to our own   
      Milky Way Galaxy. One of the brightest members of the Virgo Cluster of   
      galaxies, M100 (alias NGC 4321) is 56 million light-years distant   
      toward the constellation of Berenice's Hair (Coma Berenices). This   
      Hubble Space Telescope image of M100 was taken with the Wide Field   
      Camera 3 and accentuates bright blue star clusters and intricate   
      winding dust lanes which are hallmarks of this class of galaxies.   
      Studies of variable stars in M100 have played an important role in   
      determining the size and age of the Universe.   
      
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