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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6064. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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M64 is a spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices sometimes called the `BLACK EYE' or (`Sleeping Beauty') galaxy, because of the conspicuous dark dust structure near its center. It is at a distance of roughly 12 million light-years but close to the Virgo cluster, which makes its recession velocity almost certainly dominated by infall (and hence renders the distance uncertain). M64 has attracted a lot of i...

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