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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6088.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6088. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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M88 is a spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices at a distance of between 12 and 17 Mpc. It is also a member of the Virgo cluster. The galaxy falls into the category of flocculent spirals, which means that it has a stochastic spiral structure in its stellar disk with a faint two-arm structure in the infrared indicating a possible underlying density wave. Its most interesting feature is the chemically dec...

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