Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pisces (Psc)  ·  Contains:  M 74  ·  NGC 628
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M74, Roberto Marinoni
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M74 is a spiral galaxy in Pisces constellation, with apparent magnitude 9.4.
Its distance fom Milky Way is 30 million light years, so considering its apparent dimensions of 10.5’x9.5’ its real extension is 92000 light years.
Due to its face-on view it is possible follow the spiral arms from the centre to the dim outer regions.
Several HII regions are visible in the arms: the largest one has a diameter of 600 light years.
(info from Wikipedia/Cambridge Photographic Atlas of Galaxies)

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M74, Roberto Marinoni