| Width | 3,594 pixels | |
| Height | 2,396 pixels | |
| 300 dpi print width | 12.0 inches | 30.4 centimetres |
| 300 dpi print height | 8.0 inches | 20.3 centimetres |
NGC 628 is a typical grand-design spiral Sc-type galaxy of about the same size as our own galaxy, and showing in this amateur image clusters of young, blue stars, and regions of diffuse gaseous nebulae.