Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 94  ·  NGC 4736
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M 94, the Croc's Eye, astrovienna
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M 94, the Croc's Eye

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M 94, the Croc's Eye

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M 94 (NGC 4736) is a spiral galaxy located about 16 million light years away. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and catalogued by Charles Messier two days later. M94 has an inner ring with a diameter of 5,400 light-years and a very faint outer ring with a diameter of about 45,000 light-years. The inner ring is the site of strong star formation fueled by gas driven into the ring by the inner oval-shaped bar-like structure.

Many images of this galaxy make the outer ring very bright, but from my Bortle 7.5 skies, that's not really possible, so I concentrated on  bringing out detail in the bright core and the faint spiral arms.

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M 94, the Croc's Eye, astrovienna

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