A large spiral galaxy fills the image. Its bright, yellow core is near the upper left, surrounded by big spiral arms laced through with dark dust and purple and pink regions of star formation.

M74

This Hubble image of M74 is a composite of exposures taken in 2003 and 2005 at visible and infrared wavelengths. A small segment of this image used data from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and the Gemini Observatory to fill in a region that Hubble did not observe.

Credits: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: R. Chandar (University of Toledo) and J. Miller (University of Michigan)
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Image CreditNASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration; Acknowledgment: R. Chandar (University of Toledo) and J. Miller (University of Michigan)
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