M64: The Black Eye Galaxy, SPONLI

M64: The Black Eye Galaxy

M64: The Black Eye Galaxy, SPONLI

M64: The Black Eye Galaxy

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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.

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M64: The Black Eye Galaxy, SPONLI