Facts about Phantom Galaxy

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   Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope detected star-forming regions within Phantom Galaxy M74's spiral arms, revealing active stellar nurseries previously obscured from visible light observations.

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   M74's supermassive black hole at the galaxy's center contains approximately 9.6 million solar masses, similar in proportion to the Milky Way's central black hole.

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   At roughly 110,000 light-years in diameter, Phantom Galaxy M74 is nearly comparable in size to the Milky Way, making it one of the largest grand design spirals catalogued by astronomers.

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   Phantom Galaxy M74 rotates at approximately 200 kilometers per second at its outer edges, making it one of the fastest-rotating spiral galaxies known to astronomers.

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   Hubble Space Telescope observations revealed that Phantom Galaxy M74 contains approximately 100 billion stars distributed throughout its grand design spiral arms.

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   In 2005, the Phantom Galaxy's nearly perfect spiral structure made it the ideal target for studying density wave theory and grand design spirals in modern astronomy.

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   The spiral galaxy M74, also called Phantom Galaxy, lies approximately 32 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces.

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