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Black Eye Galaxy (M64)

The Black Eye (M64) is a spiral galaxy approximately 24 million light years away from Earth in the Coma Berenices constellation. It gets its name from the dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus.

 

This image was made from a mixture of data from February 2nd, April 1st and April 15th 2015.

 

75 x 30 second exposures at 6400 ISO

28 x 20 second exposures at 6400 ISO

36 x 15 second exposures at 3200 ISO

30 x dark frames

16 flat frames

48 x offset/bias frames

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Uploaded on April 18, 2015