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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6094. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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M94 is a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici, lying just north of a line between Alpha and Beta Canum Venaticorum. The galaxy is presented almost face-on to us and in small telescopes appears almost perfectly rounded with a bright nucleus; Admiral Smyth understandably called it `comet-like'. It is classified as midway between type Sa and Sb, meaning that its arms are quite tightly wound. Small telesc...

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