Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pisces (Psc)  ·  Contains:  M 74  ·  NGC 628
M74 - Phantom Galaxy, DJ Van Bourgondien
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M74 - Phantom Galaxy

M74 - Phantom Galaxy, DJ Van Bourgondien
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M74 - Phantom Galaxy

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M 74 is a beautiful large spiral galaxy in Pisces, roughly 32 million light years away. This was one object that I couldn't stray away from photographing, being in the same neighborhood as NGC 660. It is home to quite a few recent supernovae. 

I once again struggled a bit with the star resolutions with the C11 Edge HD, and debated on trying separate shorter exposures, but in stretching it didn't do the galaxy justice hiding the many beautiful tiny stars in it's spiral arms.

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