#phantom galaxy

[the-wolf-and-moon]

M74, Phantom Galaxy

[nazdream]

Day 5 (January 15 2026)

for these images, i took an hour drive to a church in the middle of nowhere. this is how dark it was there.

in order of appearance: andromeda galaxy, orion nebula, starfish star cluster, pleiades, triangulum galaxy, phantom galaxy, crab nebula, new hope united methodist church

[quiltofstars]

The Phantom Galaxy, M74 // Tyler Brinkley

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Phantom Galaxy

JWST peered through dust and gas to see a star cluster at the center of M74, the Phantom Galaxy. M74 is a particular class of spiral galaxy known as a ‘grand design spiral’, meaning that its spiral arms are prominent and well-defined. NASA released this image on Aug. 29, 2022.

[spacewonder19]

Glowing dust in Phantom Galaxy

© Hubble Optical l Webb(mid-IR, IR)/ H+W 

[konczakowski]

[cosmonautroger]

M74, Phantom Galaxy

[colorpicked-pride-flags-jwst]

Maverique flag colorpicked from M74 galaxy (“Phantom galaxy”)