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NGC 488, Colin McGill
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NGC 488

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NGC 488

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A small but bright galaxy in Pisces - part of the Herschel 400 list.

Deconvolution brought out a lot of texture in the arms - this is apparent in other deep photos, so I think its real!

There are a lot of small galaxies in this photo, some in the NGC (I like NGC 492) and some only in the PGC (PGC 4884). Not sure how Herschel missed PGC 4975, its virtually identical NGC 492, though a little dimmer.

I've added an annotated version too, there are still plenty of smaller galaxies as yet uncatalogued.

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NGC 488, Colin McGill