Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  Black-eye galaxy  ·  M 64  ·  NGC 4826  ·  PGC 140038  ·  PGC 1651721  ·  PGC 1653925  ·  PGC 1654258  ·  PGC 1654945  ·  PGC 1656969  ·  PGC 1657695  ·  PGC 1659632
M64 Black Eye Galaxy - LRBG, Jerry Macon
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M64 Black Eye Galaxy - LRBG

M64 Black Eye Galaxy - LRBG, Jerry Macon
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M64 Black Eye Galaxy - LRBG

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The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Evil Eye Galaxy; designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently by Johann Elert Bode in April of the same year, as well as by Charles Messier in 1780. It has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy. M64 is well known among amateur astronomers because of its appearance in small telescopes. It is a spiral galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellation.

The interstellar medium of Messier 64 comprises two counter-rotating disks which are approximately equal in mass. The inner disk contains the prominent dust lanes of the galaxy. The stellar population of the galaxy exhibits no measurable counter-rotation. Possible formation scenarios include a merger with a gas-rich satellite galaxy in a retrograde orbit, or the continued accretion of gas clouds from the intergalactic medium.
(Wikipedia)

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M64 Black Eye Galaxy - LRBG, Jerry Macon

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