Black Eye Galaxy
A dark band of dust in front of the nucleus is what gives the Black Eye its name. The inner part of the galaxy rotates one way and the outer part the other: the mark of an ancient merger.
Where to look
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Data
- Type
- a galaxy
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Magnitude
- 8.5
- Apparent size
- 9.3 ′
- Distance
- 24.0 million light years
- Right ascension
- 194.175 °
- Declination
- 21.683 °
- Designations
- M 64 · NGC 4826
- NGC description
- ! vB, vL, vmE 120deg +/- , bMSBN; = M64
An estimate. NGC 2000.0 carries no distances, and published measurements disagree by up to a third.
The Messier list and the NGC/IC designations come from NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott, 1988), CDS Strasbourg.
Nearby in the same constellation
| Designations | Type | Magnitude | Apparent size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M53 · M 53 | a globular cluster | 7.7 | 12.6′ |
| M85 · M 85 | a galaxy | 9.2 | 7.1′ |
| M100 · M 100 | a galaxy | 9.4 | 6.9′ |
| M88 · M 88 | a galaxy | 9.5 | 6.9′ |
| M99 · M 99 | a galaxy | 9.8 | 5.4′ |
| M98 · M 98 | a galaxy | 10.1 | 9.5′ |
| M91 · M 91 | a galaxy | 10.2 | 5.4′ |