NGC 628
Image ID : N0628_02
Width3,594 pixels
Height2,396 pixels
300 dpi print width12.0 inches30.4 centimetres
300 dpi print height8.0 inches20.3 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.
 
Object type
Constellation
Distance (ly)
Magnitude (app)
Messier
NGC 0628
Galaxy
Pisces
35,000,000
9.4
74
 
Credit : Planetary Visions Limited / Jon Christensen.
 
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