The M74 Group (also known as the ''NGC 628 Group'') is a small
group of galaxies
A galaxy group or group of galaxies (GrG) is an aggregation of galaxies comprising about 50 or fewer gravitationally bound members, each at least as luminous as the Milky Way (about 1010 times the luminosity of the Sun); collections of galaxies ...
in the
constellation Pisces
Pisces may refer to:
* Pisces, an obsolete (because of land vertebrates) taxonomic superclass including all fish
* Pisces (astrology), an astrological sign
* Pisces (constellation), a constellation
**Pisces Overdensity, an overdensity of stars in ...
. The face-on
spiral galaxy M74 (NGC 628) is the brightest galaxy within the group. Other members include the
peculiar spiral galaxy NGC 660 and several smaller irregular galaxies
.
The M74 Group is one of many galaxy groups that lie within the
Virgo Supercluster
The Virgo Supercluster (Virgo SC) or the Local Supercluster (LSC or LS) is a mass concentration of galaxies containing the Virgo Cluster and Local Group, which itself contains the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, as well as others. At least ...
.
Members
The table below lists galaxies that have been consistently identified as group members in the Nearby Galaxies Catalog,
the Lyons Groups of Galaxies (LGG) Catalog,
and the three group lists created from the Nearby Optical Galaxy sample of Giuricin et al.
Other possible members galaxies (galaxies listed in only one or two of the lists from the above references) include the irregular galaxies
UGC 891,
UGC 1104,
UGC 1171,
UGC 1175, and
UGCA 20.
References
Virgo Supercluster
Pisces (constellation)
Galaxy clusters
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