This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Spiral galaxy M100. This is a grand design spiral galaxy, that is it has prominent and well-defined arms. M100 lies around 55 million light years from Earth in the southern part of the constellation Coma Berenices. It has a diameter of 160,000 light years

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