M 74 - NGC 628 (Image
down-sampled 0.75x)
Pisces
Penryn, California
August 2006
M 250 @ f 9.3 (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB 15 minutes each
M74 is a type SCs spiral galaxy nearly face on
to our line of sight. It is approximately 30-40 million light years
distant and is approximately 95,000 light years in diameter. Two supernova
have be observed in M74, one in 2002 and another in 2003.
