Hi Wade & All,
Hmmm ... well I never heard of that one for M94 before -- just another one of those "uncommon common names" I guess.
Indeed a Google image search on "cats eye galaxy" produces very few images of M94 (2 of the first 80 over 4 search pages) so it must be _very_ uncommon. I wonder where it came from (for Starrynight Pro6 to incorporate it)? I don't think there is anything in its appearance suggestive of a cat's eye.
And this is why I have been raving and railing for years beyond count about citing an "official designation" (as Wade has done here -- M63 & M94) when using a "common name" -- that way there can be no way you can be mis-understood!
Anyway, back to the point, well done on bagging those quite northern Messiers!
Best,
Les D