Messier 64, the Black Eye Galaxy
M64 is one of those objects that clearly resemble their name. This shiner of a galaxy (see what I did there?) has clear outer dust lanes and a very distinct band of heavy dust on this side of the galactic core.
Capture Details
Frames: 3×180″
Integration: 0.1 hours
Avg. Moon age: 26.94 days
Avg. Moon phase: 7.43%
Astrometry.net job: 3339418
RA center: 12h 56′ 55″
DEC center: +21° 41′ 49″
Pixel scale: 0.718 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 120.730 degrees
Field radius: 0.407 degrees