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Observations of the Coma Pinwheel Galaxy (M99)

Other names St Katherine's Wheel
The Pinwheel Galaxy
The Virgo Cluster Pinwheel Galaxy
NGC 4254
UGC 7345
PGC 39578

Object type Galaxy

RA 12h18m

Declination 14°25' N

Constellation Coma Berenices

Part of The Virgo Cluster

Further information

Showing all 26 images


3 
0 
Galaxy M99
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2015 Apr 16 – 00:54 UTC
Upload 2024 Nov 04 – 18:30 UTC

1 
0 
M99 Spiral Galaxy
Ivan Walton
Obs 2024 Mar 02 – 02:44 UTC
Upload 2024 Mar 06 – 12:32 UTC

4 
0 
Messier 99
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2023 Mar 12 – 21:11 UTC
Upload 2023 Mar 13 – 13:35 UTC

2 
0 
M99 Coma Pinwheel Gala...
Alan Thomas
Obs 2022 Feb 11 – 04:47 UTC
Upload 2022 Feb 11 – 10:32 UTC

5 
0 
Virgo Cluster Wide Fie...
Geof Lewis
Obs 2020 May 09 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Jun 30 – 10:02 UTC

12 
4 
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
Ron Morley
Obs 2020 Apr 14 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2020 Apr 21 – 14:22 UTC

9 
0 
PINWHEEL GALAXY M101
Neil Webster
Obs 2020 Apr 09 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Apr 14 – 11:04 UTC

8 
0 
Virgo cluster
Clive Nanson
Obs 2020 Mar 26 – 00:30 UTC
Upload 2020 Apr 05 – 13:15 UTC

10 
0 
Messier 101, Pinwheel ...
Mr John William Hughes
Obs 2020 Mar 23 – 20:33 UTC
Upload 2020 Apr 01 – 19:40 UTC

6 
0 
M33 Pinwheel Galaxy
Dean Ashton OBE
Obs 2019 Nov 08 – 18:00 UTC
Upload 2019 Nov 10 – 19:02 UTC

5 
0 
M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy
Charles Graham Taylor
Obs 2019 Jul 04 – 19:02 UTC
Upload 2019 Jul 05 – 13:17 UTC

0 
0 
Messier 99
Geof Lewis
Obs 2019 May 01 – 01:07 UTC
Upload 2019 May 19 – 19:12 UTC

0 
0 
Messier 99
Geof Lewis
Obs 2019 May 01 – 01:07 UTC
Upload 2019 May 19 – 19:12 UTC

8 
0 
M99 Galaxy LRGB - Marc...
Geof Lewis
Obs 2019 May 01 – 01:07 UTC
Upload 2019 May 19 – 14:07 UTC

9 
0 
M 33
Peter Mulligan
Obs 2019 Jan 08 – 19:34 UTC
Upload 2019 Jan 09 – 14:07 UTC

8 
0 
M101 widefield
Graham Winstanley
Obs 2018 May 19 – 22:11 UTC
Upload 2018 Jun 29 – 17:47 UTC

0 
0 
M99 Sketch
Alan Snook
Obs 2018 May 15 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2018 Jun 10 – 14:58 UTC

0 
0 
M99 Sketch
Alan Snook
Obs 2018 May 15 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2018 Jun 10 – 14:58 UTC

7 
0 
Messier 83 - The South...
Peter Goodhew FRAS
Obs 2018 May 16 – 23:20 UTC
Upload 2018 May 24 – 23:23 UTC

9 
0 
Asteroid 8914 approach...
Nick James
Obs 2018 Feb 11 – 23:31 UTC
Upload 2018 Feb 12 – 00:39 UTC

12 
0 
Galaxy
David Hancox
Obs 2018 Jan 07 – 20:30 UTC
Upload 2018 Jan 09 – 09:40 UTC

4 
0 
Pinwheel Galaxy
David Swan
Obs 2017 Aug 15 – 21:47 UTC
Upload 2017 Aug 16 – 06:00 UTC

8 
0 
Pinwheel Galaxy - M 10...
Stephen J. Avery
Obs 2017 May 24 – 16:35 UTC
Upload 2017 May 24 – 16:43 UTC

4 
0 
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
Ivan Walton
Obs 2017 Apr 01 – 21:33 UTC
Upload 2017 Apr 04 – 16:13 UTC

1 
0 
Messier 99
Paul Downing
Obs 2012 May 09 – 23:15 UTC
Upload 2012 May 13 – 07:47 UTC

0 
0 
Messier 99
Paul Downing
Obs 2012 May 09 – 23:15 UTC
Upload 2012 May 13 – 07:47 UTC
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