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OBJECT

M74 - NGC 628 (spiral galaxy in Pisces)       (image above is reduced-size | other sizes:  medium , large)

Distance:  30 million light years

Telescope Takahashi TOA-130F @ f/7.7
Mount Takahashi EM200 Temma II
Camera QSI 540wsg @ -15C
Filters Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2
Guider SX Lodestar
Settings 14x10min (2018), 13x5min (2022) L (bin1x1); 13x5min ea RGB (bin2x2); AstroArt5, CS4 (slightly cropped, 10xdarks/flats/fdarks/bias)
Date/Location

Notes
28 October 2022 - Las Cruces, NM

This image is LRGB, with 10min Lum data added from previous effort in 2018.

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