• M74, Phantom Galaxy, or NGC 628 in Pices
    • NGC 628 or M74
    M74 annotated
  • M74 in Pices is a face on spiral galaxy sometimes called The Phantom Galaxy.
  • With just two arms, M74 is an archetypal grand design galaxy.
  • Hover over the picture for an annotated version
  • Date:  29 October 2022
  • FOV:  cropped to 68' × 45'; M74 is about 9.4'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 flattener (714mm, f/7)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 240
  • Filter:  Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut
  • Stacking:  Seventy-six 240 second frames with darks and flats in Pixinsight
  • Total Time:  5 hours 4 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPPC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT,
  • DynCrop, MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST,
  • Bkg, HDR5, Sat, Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY