M74 76 8sec by Greg
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Superb!
Chris,
Have you checked the Published pictures of M78 for the presence of those bright stars on the spiral arms?
Wow look at that !!
No I haven't checked it why?
just in case they're not stars?
Well they look like stars to me......
It could be snow, dandruff, hailstones, small rocks, baloons?!
Supenove?
Planet X?
By jove I think you've got it !!
if it was by Jove, I hope we'd have spotted it by now...