NGC 628 - The Phantom Galaxy - part of the M74 Group. (jdowning)

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

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NGC 628 - The Phantom Galaxy - part of the M74 Group.

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NGC 628 - The Phantom Galaxy - part of the M74 Group.

The Phantom Galaxy is a large spiral galaxy with two clearly defined spiral arms. The view is face on making it a perfect example of a grand design spiral galaxy. It is the brightest member of the M74 Group which includes peculiar spiral galaxy NGC 660. I did some imaging of NGC 660 a few years ago but was not happy with the image quality. It's time to revisit NGC 660.

The image was captured over 10 nights in mid and late September 2022.

This image is the product of an excellent collaboration with Bray Falls. In early 2020 we started working together. Bray is an outstanding Pixinsight expert who helped me come up to speed on a basic working knowledge of Pixinsight. It became quickly clear that my time was best spent on image capture and optimizing the equipment and software. Bray would work on post processing using Pixinsight, Photoshop, BXT and other software tools. I'd add a bit of LightRoom processing from time to time. I'm really pleased with the results from this collaboration which has only gotten better and better.

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Astrometry.net job	6897175
PixInsight job	66JM7BM2ZVMHJOXNQL1UDV2BWF4RI7B8
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	01h36m41s.691
RA (top/left)	01h37m46s.858
RA (top/right)	01h35m36s.494
RA (bottom/right)	01h35m36s.684
RA (bottom/left)	01h37m46s.815

Dec (center)	+15°46′58″.24
Dec (top/left)	+15°57′25″.45
Dec (top/right)	+15°57′24″.11
Dec (bottom/right)	+15°36′29″.64
Dec (bottom/left)	+15°36′31″.20

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