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The claimed detection of a diffuse galaxy lacking dark matter represents apossible challenge to our understanding of the properties of these galaxies andgalaxy formation in general. The galaxy, already identified in photographicplates taken in the summer of 1976 at the UK 48-in Schmidt telescope, presentsnormal distance-independent properties (e.g. colour, velocity dispersion of itsglobular clusters). However, distance-dependent quantities are at odds withthose of other similar galaxies, namely the luminosity function and sizes ofits globular clusters, mass-to-light ratio and dark matter content. Here wecarry out a careful analysis of all extant data and show that they consistentlyindicate a much shorter distance (13 Mpc) than previously indicated (20 Mpc).With this revised distance, the galaxy appears to be a rather ordinary lowsurface brightness galaxy (R_e=1.4+-0.1 kpc; M*=6.0+-3.6x10^7 Msun) with plentyof room for dark matter (the fraction of dark matter inside the half massradius is >75% and M_halo/M*>20) corresponding to a minimum halo mass >10^9Msun. At 13 Mpc, the luminosity and structural properties of the globularclusters around the object are the same as those found in other galaxies.

A distance of 13 Mpc resolves the claimed anomalies of the galaxy lacking dark matter