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- M77 is a smallish, but bright spiral
- galaxy containing 3 sets of spiral arms.
- This is a speedy character, moving
- away from us at a rate of 620
- miles/second. M77 is also a source of
- radio emissions known as "3C71". It is
- about 100,000 light years in diameter
- and has the luminosity of around 35
- billion suns.