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Spiral Galaxy
M74 | Messier 74 | NGC 628
This face on spiral galaxy is similar to the Milky Way, with some 100 billion stars and a span of 95,000 light years. It is the faintest of all Messier objects in surface brightness.


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28 Oct 2017

18 Sep 2009

Details:
Night of:Friday September 18, 2009
Site:Joshua Tree
Local Time:11:23 PM | Sep 18, 2009
Altitude:
RA:01h 36m 42s
Declination:+15d 47'
Distance:30 million light years
Magnitude:+10.0 mV
Size:10.5' x 9.5'
Camera Settings:
Telescope:9.25-SCT
Camera:Orion Starshoot DSI2 + f/3.3 Reducer
f/ratio:f/3.3
Pixel Scale:2.08 arcsec
Image Size:745 x 554 pixels (0.4 MP)
25.8' x 19.2'
Exposure:30 sec
Stacked Frames:10
Total Integration:5 minutes
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