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Messier 64, the Black Eye Galaxy
Messier 64, or commonly known as the Black Eye Galaxy or the Evil Eye Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy that can be located within the Coma Berenices constellation. The “Black Eye” in its name refers to the dark band of dust that obscured the galaxy’s bright central region. In fact the galaxy is actually composed of two counter-rotating disks, the inner disk containing most of the stars and dust, and the outer disk consisting largely of gas. At a distance over 17 million light years from earth the galaxy spans over 70,000 light years. Although catalogued by Charles Messier in 1780, its first known discovery is by Edward Pigott in 1779. The galaxy is easily observed and can be seen with the usage of small telescopes. This image is the result of four separate images taken with different wave-lengths filters by the Stocker AstroScience ACE 24” telescope and then reduced and color combined by Bobby Martinez using MIRA Pro.
Messier 64, the Black Eye Galaxy
Messier 64, or commonly known as the Black Eye Galaxy or the Evil Eye Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy that can be located within the Coma Berenices constellation. The “Black Eye” in its name refers to the dark band of dust that obscured the galaxy’s bright central region. In fact the galaxy is actually composed of two counter-rotating disks, the inner disk containing most of the stars and dust, and the outer disk consisting largely of gas. At a distance over 17 million light years from earth the galaxy spans over 70,000 light years. Although catalogued by Charles Messier in 1780, its first known discovery is by Edward Pigott in 1779. The galaxy is easily observed and can be seen with the usage of small telescopes. This image is the result of four separate images taken with different wave-lengths filters by the Stocker AstroScience ACE 24” telescope and then reduced and color combined by Bobby Martinez using MIRA Pro.