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M77 - Galaxy in Cetus

Messier 77 (NGC 1068) is an attractive spiral galaxy best known as
having a bright Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) and being the prototype
"Seyfert Galaxy". The galaxy has a diameter of 170,000 light years and
is about 60 million light years away.

http://www.martin-nicholson.info/ten...llenge/m77.htm

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

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