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This galaxy is found in the constellation of Coma Berenices. A spiral galaxy it lies about 17 million light-years from us but the most striking aspect is the dark band of absorbing dust. The galaxy was catalogued by Charles Messier as M64.

This dark dust is partially in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus giving the galaxy its nickname of the "Black Eye Galaxy". It is also known as the "Evil Eye" or "Sleeping Beauty" galaxy.

A Type 2 Seyfert galaxy the whole system has a diameter of around 54,000 light-years.

Imaged with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED Triplet Apo and a ZWO2600MC camera.

A total of 7Hrs of guided exposures during the night of the 9 -10 April.

Temp. matched Darks, Dark Flats and Flats for calibration.


Thanks for looking!

Galaxy season is here! This is the Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the mildly northern constellation of Coma Berenices. 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. (ref: Wikipedia)

Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Right ascension: 12h 56m 43.696s
Declination: +21° 40′ 57.57″
Distance: 17.3 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V): 8.52

Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90 SCT Telescope, Antares Focal Reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC camera running at -10F, 76 x 60 second exposures, Celestron CGX-L pier mounted, ZWO EAF and ASIAir Pro, processed in PixInsight. Image Date: April 1, 2025. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).

Chantilly Arts et élégance 2022
1436 RN 75
Châssis: 5146
Assemblé chez C.G. Chappe & Gessalin
Châssis poutre et les trains roulants de A110 GT4
Moteur 1108 cc
Puissance : 98 ch
Carrosserie de M64
1965 :
24 heures du Mans - abandon
pilotes : Jacques Cheinisse / Jean-Pierre Hanrioud
12 heures de Reims - 13e
pilotes : Robert Bouharde / Pierre Monneret
Coupe du Salon Monthléry - 9e / 1er GT
pilote : Jean-Pierre Hanrioud
1967 :
Moteur remplacé par le 1300G - 1296cc
Rallye des coupes du Nord - abandon
Pilotes : Mauro Bianchi / Michel Gauvin
Rallye de l'Ouest - 6e
pilotes : André De Curtanze / Michel Lefebvre
Targa Florio n°182
Abandon sortie de route
pilotes : Jean Vinatier / Mauro Bianchi

Chantilly Arts et élégance 2022
1436 RN 75
Châssis: 5146
Assemblé chez C.G. Chappe & Gessalin
Châssis poutre et les trains roulants de A110 GT4
Moteur 1108 cc
Puissance : 98 ch
Carrosserie de M64
1965 :
24 heures du Mans - abandon
pilotes : Jacques Cheinisse / Jean-Pierre Hanrioud
12 heures de Reims - 13e
pilotes : Robert Bouharde / Pierre Monneret
Coupe du Salon Monthléry - 9e / 1er GT
pilote : Jean-Pierre Hanrioud
1967 :
Moteur remplacé par le 1300G - 1296cc
Rallye des coupes du Nord - abandon
Pilotes : Mauro Bianchi / Michel Gauvin
Rallye de l'Ouest - 6e
pilotes : André De Curtanze / Michel Lefebvre
Targa Florio n°182
Abandon sortie de route
pilotes : Jean Vinatier / Mauro Bianchi

Black Eye Galaxy. 1400 10s subs.

23/03/2025 - Black Eye Galaxy M64

This is by far the smallest object I've attempted to image and I even managed to catch some detail. This night was a little problematic because I need to align my tracking mount with Polaris, but I accidentally aligned it to a star below Polaris and ended up losing about half an hour of data. Genius. Despite this, this is still better than I expected it to be.

INFO:
Exposure time: 2h 1m (121 x 60s)
ISO: 640
Aperture: f/4.9
Camera: Nikon D850
Mount: SkyWatcher HEQ5-Pro
Telescope: William Optics Redcat 71 WIFD

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Taken August 25, 2024 from Starfront Observatory TX.
Had 1 night to grab this shot, and only about 1 hr to do it. Sinking fast below the horizon after sunset, here's Comet 13P/Olbers chasing M64, the Black-Eye Galaxy.
Esprit 120mm, QHY268M, Ioptron CEM70, RGB 53min integration

It was supposed to be a clear night all night last night. It started well, but then banks of clouds rolled in and out so I only got a little over an hour's worth of data when I had to let it run all night.

The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices.

Easily identified by the spectacular band of absorbing dust partially obscuring its bright nucleus, the Black Eye galaxy is characterized by its bizarre internal motion. The gas in the outer regions of this remarkable galaxy is rotating in the opposite direction from the gas and stars in its inner regions. This strange behaviour can be attributed to a merger between M64 and a satellite galaxy over a billion years ago. So this impact gave it that distinctive black eye.

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Telescope: Celestron C11-A XLT Schmidt Cassegrain OTA
Mount: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro

Controller: ZWO ASIAIR Plus 256G
Main Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro at -10C
Filter: Optolong L-Pro filter
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini guidecam
Guide via: ZWO OAG

Stacked from:
Lights 38 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Darks 30 at 120 seconds, gain 101, temp -10C
Flat 30 at 210 ms, gain 101, temp -10C
Dark Flat 30 at 210 ms gain 101 temp -10C

Bortle 4 sky.
Integrated the saved frames in Astro Pixel Processor.
Processed in PixInsight
Added captions in Photoshop CS4

Valdin, Galicia, TS ToupTek 2600MP mono CMOS with RGB filters, TS Optics ONTC coma-corrected Newtonian, D = 300 mm f/4.55, (17,35,36) exposures of 3 min each at gain 100. Photometric colour calibration in Siril. Repeated, simple curve stretch in Gimp. Named Black Eye galaxy.