Object: Galaxy MESSIER 100 Constell: COM RA: 12h 23.0m Decl: +15° 50' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 10.6m (v) Size: 6.8'x5.8' Type: Sc Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 10./11.4.1994, 00.15 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 6.0m Background sky: 2 Seeing: 2 Weather: No Moon, a few degrees below 0 °C. Brightness: 2 Alt: Description: A hint of spiral structure. The brightest arc is following the S edge from SW to SE. Another quite clear lone brightening was seen on the W side of the core. The northern side is very faintly mottled. The core is vS (15''), quite bright and non-stellar.