Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  Black-eye galaxy  ·  M 64  ·  NGC 4826
M64 - Black Eye Galaxy, Mark Spruce
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M64 - Black Eye Galaxy

M64 - Black Eye Galaxy, Mark Spruce
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M64 - Black Eye Galaxy

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Messier 64 - The Black Eye Galaxy

Taken over 2 night on the 23rd and 25th May.

First discovered in 1779 by Edward Pigott it has a dark band of dust which gives rise to its nickname. The galaxy lies around 24Mly away in the constellation of Coma Berenices and is approximately 70,000 ly across.

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