Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pisces (Psc)  ·  Contains:  M 74  ·  NGC 628
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M74 - The Phantom Galaxy, Doug Gray
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M74 - The Phantom Galaxy

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M74 - The Phantom Galaxy

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A grand design spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces, about 32 million light-years from Earth.

I made a mistake when capturing the blue channel and ended up with half in bin1 instead of bin2. Not a big deal, but it complicated frame selection a bit. I think I'm happy with the colors, but the stars don't look right and I'm still not sure how to fix that in post.

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M74 - The Phantom Galaxy, Doug Gray