Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  Black-eye galaxy  ·  M 64  ·  NGC 4826
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The black eye in Coma., Andrew Lockwood
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The black eye in Coma.

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17 million light years away in the constellation of Berenice's Hair (Coma Berenices) is this seyfert galaxy M64. The density waves making the tight spiral arms are presumably the result of a fairly recent collision and the dusty material infalling near the nucleus is evidence of some strange dynamics. This is the result of four nights, with about 20% of the exposures ruined by high cloud, but leaving plenty of data left for a nice deep image.

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The black eye in Coma., Andrew Lockwood

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