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Posted: 2025-05-15 20:13:40 UTC
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Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy, is located 45 million light-years away and was initially mistaken for a nebula. Advances in astronomy revealed it to be a distant galaxy with tentacle-like filaments.
Identification of Messier 77 as a galaxy rather than a nebula.
The galaxy's distance of 45 million light-years from Earth.
The tentacle-like filaments that give it the nickname Squid Galaxy.
Initial misidentification of Messier 77 as a nebula.
The vast distance made accurate observation difficult.