NGC 628 (Messier 74)

NGC 628 (Messier 74)

The bright Sc spiral galaxy NGC 628 (M 74) in a pseudocolor V-band image taken with the Lowell 1.1-meter telescope. This is an excellent example of the subtype dubbed Sc(s) in the de Vaucouleurs extension of Hubble's galaxy classification, in which the arms arise in a spiralling pattern from the nuclear region itself rather than from a surrounding ring.