Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  Black Eye Galaxy  ·  Black-eye galaxy  ·  Evil Eye Galaxy  ·  M 64  ·  NGC 4826
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Messier 64  - The BlackEye Galaxy, Dave Boddington
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Messier 64 - The BlackEye Galaxy

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Messier 64 - The BlackEye Galaxy

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The Black Eye Galaxy, Messier 64, is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy located 17 million light years away in Coma Berenices and has a diameter of about 54,000 light-years. It 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. A dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus gave rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy. 8 hours Lum on Esprit150/SX46 and 2.7hrs each RGB on Esprit100/ASI1600. Processed in Pixinsight (Drizzle Integrated) and Photoshop.

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