ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | Galaxies | M064 Black Eye Galaxy | M064 Black Eye Galaxy
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 |
