Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pisces (Psc)  ·  Contains:  M 74  ·  NGC 628
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M74 Grand Design Spiral in Pisces, Boris Emchenko
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M 74 is a grand design spiral galaxy in Pisces with two prominent spiral arms. Being 30 Mly away it is about half of Milky Way size.

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Imaged in LRGB with adding Ha later in post processing, though Hii regions are developing well even in broadband R filter

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M74 Grand Design Spiral in Pisces, Boris Emchenko

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