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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M64 Black Eye Galaxy, Bruce Donzanti
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M64 Black Eye Galaxy

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M64 Black Eye Galaxy

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Messier 64 is a curious galaxy located 17 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is characterized by its strange internal gas motions. The gas in the outer regions of this remarkable galaxy is rotating in the opposite direction from the gas and stars in its inner regions. This strange behavior has been attributed to a merger between M64 and a satellite galaxy over a billion years ago.

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