A View of Pan of Phantom Galaxy

The center of M74, also referred to as the Phantom Galaxy, is visible in this photo taken with the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. With his keen eye, Webb has seen tiny filaments of dust and gas in the magnificent spiral arms that radiate forth from the image's center. A clean view of the nuclear star cluster at the center of the galaxy is also made possible by a deficiency of gas in the nuclear area. M74 belongs to a certain class of spiral galaxy known as a "grand design spiral," which means that, in contrast to some spiral galaxies, it has conspicuous and well-defined spiral arms.