Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pisces (Psc)  ·  Contains:  M 74  ·  NGC 628
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M74, Richard Francis
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M74 is one of the hardest objects in Messier's catalogue to observe visually as it has a very low surface brightness, even though it’s quite large. It is a classical "grand design" spiral galaxy and is about 32 million light-years away.

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Total exposure: 6 hours, unguided

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Red: 12x 600 sec

Green: 13x 600 sec

Blue: 11x 600 sec

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M74, Richard Francis