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M064 Black Eye Galaxy (M064 Black Eye Galaxy)

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:50:04 -0300

M64 the Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the mildly northern constellation of Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently by Johann Elert Bode in April of the same year, as well as by Charles Messier the next year. A dark band of absorbing dust partially in front of its bright nucleus gave rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye", "Evil Eye", or "Sleeping Beauty" galaxy.

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Total image time was 7.16 hours.

Exposure	86x5 min.
ISO	3200
Camera	Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]
Optics	120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Celestron CGX mount
Guiding	ZWO ASI224MC using Phd2
Controller	Kstars on Odroid N2
Filter	None
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2021-05-17
Processing	Processed in PixInsight.
Further processing in Lightroom

Date: March 26, 2025

M064 Black Eye Galaxy Cropped (M064 Black Eye Galaxy)

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:50:04 -0300

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Total image time was 7.16 hours.

Exposure	86x5 min.
ISO	3200
Camera	Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]
Optics	120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Celestron CGX mount
Guiding	ZWO ASI224MC using Phd2
Controller	Kstars on Odroid N2
Filter	None
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2021-05-17
Processing	Processed in PixInsight.
Further processing in Lightroom

Date: March 26, 2025