M64

Black Eye Galaxy · NGC 4826

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Shape

Spiral

Magnitude

8.5

Size

9.3′

Position

12h 57m, +21.7°

Distance

17.9 ± 3.4 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M64

Further info

NASA: Messier 64

NED: M64

SIMBAD: M64

Wikipedia: Black Eye Galaxy

Sources

Distance: NED-D (Steer 2020)

Magnitude and size: NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott 1988)

Shape: RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991)

Name: Wikipedia, List of Messier objects

M64, NGC 4826 — Credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, F. Belfiore (European Southern Observatory – Germany), J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute), A. Leroy (The Ohio State University), and D. Thilker (The Johns Hopkins University); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)