The Messier Ten Minute Challenge

M88 - Galaxy in Coma Berenices

Messier 88 (NGC 4501) is one of the brighter spiral galaxies in the
Virgo Cluster. It is symmetrical, multi-arm type with its equatorial
plane inclined by about 30 degrees to our line of sight. It has a
diameter of about 130,000 light years.

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Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.
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