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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.

http://www.martin-nicholson.info/ten...llenge/m88.htm

Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.
http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm

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