Several areas of nebulosity visible including NGC604on lower left side of galaxy. This is one of the largest HII regions in any galaxy with a size of 1000 light years (vs ~ 30 light years for the Orion Nebula).

Images taken with TEC-140 Telescope mounted on Losmandy G11 mount. Camera used was a Canon EOS20D used at prime focus.

Twenty 3 minute exposures dark compensated, aligned and stacked, background removed and Digitaly Developed in ImagesPlus 2.75.