Black Eye Galaxy M64, Karl Perera
Black Eye Galaxy M64, Karl Perera

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The Black Eye Galaxy M64 is a spiral galaxy located about 17 million light-years away from Earth. It has a distinctive dark band of dust obscuring the bright nucleus, which gives it the appearance of a black eye. The dust band is the result of a recent merger with another galaxy, which triggered a burst of star formation and created a counter-rotating gas disk in the inner region of M64.

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Black Eye Galaxy M64, Karl Perera