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Black Eye Galaxy (M64) and the Sturgeon Nebula, Göran Nilsson
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Black Eye Galaxy (M64) and the Sturgeon Nebula

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Black Eye Galaxy (M64) and the Sturgeon Nebula, Göran Nilsson
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Black Eye Galaxy (M64) and the Sturgeon Nebula

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This large molecular cloud (or IFN) near M64 does apparently not have a name or catalogue entry. I could not find any previous image on Astrobin that shows the full extension of the cloud, and when I see it I see a sturgeon (maybe because I am a fish biologist). Head to the left and the  typical asymmetrical tail to the right. Also the image reveal more of the outer dust of M64 than usually captured with longer focal length scopes that are typically used for imaging galaxies.

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