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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2022 July 22   
      
                         Spiral Galaxy M74: A Sharper View   
      Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Processing Copyright: Robert Eder   
      
      Explanation: Beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 74 (also known as NGC 628)   
      lies some 32 million light-years away toward the constellation Pisces.   
      An island universe of about 100 billion stars with two prominent spiral   
      arms, M74 has long been admired by astronomers as a perfect example of   
      a grand-design spiral galaxy. M74's central region is brought into a   
      stunning, sharp focus in this recently processed image using publicly   
      available data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The colorized   
      combination of image data sets is from two of Webb's instruments NIRcam   
      and MIRI, operating at near- and mid-infrared wavelengths. It reveals   
      cooler stars and dusty structures in the grand-design spiral galaxy   
      only hinted at in previous space-based views.   
      
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