M108

M108

M108 is located in the Big Dipper, 46 million light-years away. Messier’s friend Pierre Mechain discovered the object in 1781, but the object wasn’t added to the catalogue until 1953. The object looks like a barred spiral galaxy, but since we can only see it head on, it’s hard to tell whether it has spiral arms or not.

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