The Black Eye Galaxy (10 mar 2021)
The Black Eye Galaxy (10 mar 2021)
The Black Eye Galaxy (also known as Messier 64) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy located 17 million light-years
away in the 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 in 1780. A dark band of
absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus gave rise to its nicknames of the Black Eye or Evil Eye galaxy.
Object type: Seyfert Galaxy
away in the 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 in 1780. A dark band of
absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus gave rise to its nicknames of the Black Eye or Evil Eye galaxy.
Object type: Seyfert Galaxy
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
SPA-2, Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4
Camera
FLI PL16083
Location
IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
Date of observation
10 mar 2021
Filters
Total 60 min: 4x300sec-Red, 4x300sec-Green, 4x300sec-Blue
Processing
Deep Sky Stacker, Siril 0.99.8.1, Photoshop
Credits
telescope.live
