NGC 488 is a spiral galaxy seen face on 90 million light years away in Pisces.
The galaxy has a large central bulge and tightly wound spiral arms in a near perfect structure. The arms contain multiple star forming regions.
Imaged in LRGB on our Planewave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image Processing: Mike Selby and Mark Hanson
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