M61

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6061. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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M61 is a barred spiral galaxy in Virgo—another large member of the Virgo cluster. It was discovered by Oriani on 5 May 1779 when following a comet. Incidentally, Messier also saw it that night but mistook it for the comet (he was to make the same mistake twice more before he realized that the object did not move and included it in his catalog six years later). The galaxy is at a distance of about...

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