M 74 - NGC 628 (Image
down-sampled 0.67x - click on image for full size)
Pisces
Penryn, California
August 2006 / November 2010
M 250 @ f 9.3 (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB 10 minute subs (lum 2010)
M74 is a type SCs spiral galaxy nearly face on
to our line of sight. It is approximately 16Mly
distant and is approximately 95,000 light years in diameter. Two supernova
have be observed in M74, one in 2002 and another in 2003.
