M64

[cometcatcher]

The strange Messier 64, black eye galaxy.

"The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away in the mildly northern constellation of Coma Berenices.

Taken over two nights with a Skywatcher 300PDS 12" F5 Newtonian, ZWO ASI 183mm Pro, Svbony LRGB filter set, modified NEQ6 Pro.

Full field at Astrobin ---> https://astrob.in/5u1hx9/0/

[strongmanmike]

Very cool and unique galaxy that Kevin...most galaxies have several other look a likes...but I don't think there is another galaxy that looks anything like this one :question:

Nice job:thumbsup:

Mike

[marc4darkskies]

Yowza! :thumbsup: A great rendition of a very interesting galaxy! Very well done Kevin!

[Dave882]

Really nice shot! Really putting all that real-estate to good use!

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Mike, Marcus and David.

It certainly is a different galaxy. There's so many others in that region too, so little time to get them before galaxy season is over...

[multiweb]

Nice catch Kevin. It's a really interesting galaxy close up. :thumbsup:

[Robert_T]

Nice one Kevin, you certainly brought out the "eye" well

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Marc and Robert. It's quite a spectacle in big observatory photos. The eye is most unusual.

[Wilsil]

That's an awesome image, well done.
I definitely need a bigger scope for that.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Wilco. Don't come down with aperture fever lol. Whenever I get it, my mount isn't big enough lol.

[Geoff45]

Easily solved: just get a bigger mount.
Nice smooth image Kevin. When I first looked at it I thought you had overdone the denoising, but after looking around the web I see that it really does have that smooth, somewhat artificial look.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Geoff. Yes, one would expect to see a few knots in the spiral arms, but it's weirdly smooth. With a rough center. Crazy galaxy.