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M 74 · Galaxy · Pisces

Phantom Galaxy

Also known as NGC 628 · PGC 5974 · UGC 1149

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Pisces

Position (J2000)

1h 36m 42s · +15° 47′ 01″

Discovered

by Pierre Méchain in 1780

Pictures

3

Typical integration

6.8 h

Magnitude

9.31

visual

Size

9.9′ × 9.3′

Distance

~35,000,000 ly

Best months

Sep–Nov

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.