M108

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6108. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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M108 is a spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, located one-third of the way from M97 (the Owl Nebula) to Beta Ursae Majoris. Messier referred to it in his catalog in a note on M97, saying that it lay nearby, but since its position had not been determined he never included it as a separate entry. Like so many objects, it seems to have been first pointed out to him by Mechain. In 1960 the American historia...

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