{"id":214450,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/214450-m74-a-grand-design-spiral","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/214450","headline":"M74: A Grand Design Spiral","content":"\u003cp\u003eNASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf not the most grand, then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic.  An island universe of about 100 billion stars, 32 million light-years away toward the constellation Pisces, M74 presents a gorgeous face-on view.  Classified as an Sc galaxy, the grand design of M74's graceful spiral arms are traced by bright blue star clusters and dark cosmic dust lanes.  Constructed from archival images, this sharp composite is from the Hubble Space Telescope.  Spanning about 30,000 light-years across the face of M74, it includes exposures recording emission from hydrogen atoms, highlighting the reddish glow of the galaxy's large star-forming regions.   APOD's main NASA site is moving: From apod.nasa.gov to science.nasa.gov/apod\u003c/p\u003e\n","content_plain":"NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:\n\nIf not the most grand, then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic.  An island universe of about 100 billion stars, 32 million light-years away toward the constellation Pisces, M74 presents a gorgeous face-on view.  Classified as an Sc galaxy, the grand design of M74's graceful spiral arms are traced by bright blue star clusters and dark cosmic dust lanes.  Constructed from archival images, this sharp composite is from the Hubble Space Telescope.  Spanning about 30,000 light-years across the face of M74, it includes exposures recording emission from hydrogen atoms, highlighting the reddish glow of the galaxy's large star-forming regions.   APOD's main NASA site is moving: From apod.nasa.gov to science.nasa.gov/apod\n","published_at":"2026-08-30T14:16:00-07:00","updated_at":"2026-08-30T14:16:02-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Specola-","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/298285-specola"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Specola on Kudos365. View their photo published Aug/30/2026 on Science - Tech - Astronomy. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/apod/generated/d88f8a65-dbff-4381-aab1-3ffbbb0010f5.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","categories":[{"name":"Science - Tech - Astronomy","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/986-science-tech-astronomy"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/214450-m74-a-grand-design-spiral","headline":"M74: A Grand Design Spiral","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/apod/generated/d88f8a65-dbff-4381-aab1-3ffbbb0010f5.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Specola-","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/298285-specola"},"datePublished":"2026-08-30T14:16:00-07:00","subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Science - Tech - Astronomy","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/986-science-tech-astronomy"}]}}