Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pisces (Psc)  ·  Contains:  M 74  ·  NGC 628
M74, 



    
        

            Frank Colosimo
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M74

M74, 



    
        

            Frank Colosimo
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M74

Equipment

Acquisition details

Dates:
Oct. 13, 2010
Frames:
132×344(12h 36′ 48″)
Integration:
12h 36′ 48″
Avg. Moon age:
6.07 days
Avg. Moon phase:
36.22%

RA center: 01h36m38s.685

DEC center: +15°4728.83

Pixel scale: 0.596 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 26.756 degrees

Field radius: 0.307 degrees

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Resolution: 3000x2167

File size: 2.3 MB

Locations: Blue Mountain Vista Observatories, New Ringgold, Pennsylvania, United States

Data source: Backyard

Description

Messier 74 (also known as NGC 628) is a face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is about 32 million light-years away from Earth. The galaxy contains two clearly defined spiral arms. M74 is the brightest member of the M74 Group, a group of 5-7 galaxies that also includes the peculiar spiral galaxy NGC 660 and a few irregular galaxies. It is estimated that M74 is home to about 100 billion stars.

Processing information:

Date: Oct 3,8,9,10,13 2010 Processing update in Nov 2018

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: Hyperion f/8 12.5 inch, FL 2540 mm

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera: Sbig STL-11000 Guiding: Internal

Exposure: LRGB: L:48x7 min R:31x5 min, G:27x5 min, B:26x5 min, Total= 12.6 hours

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing with Photoshop. The image was cropped about 50% to bring the galaxy out from the background.

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M74, 



    
        

            Frank Colosimo

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