M64 Black Eye Galaxy - (NGC 4826)

It was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and cataloged by Charles Messier in 1780.

This galaxy is recognized by amateur astronomers, because it is visible with small telescopes. It is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenice.

It is at a distance of 17 million light years (5.2 Megaparsecs). It has a band of dark dust around its bright core, which gives it the name of the Black Eye galaxy, or the Devil's Eye.

Studies of M64 show an important characteristic, and that is that the interstellar gas in the outer region of M64 rotates opposite to the gas and the stars of the inner region. The inner region has a radius of approximately 3,000 light years (it rotates clockwise), while the outer region extends another 40,000 light years (it rotates counterclockwise), producing quite a star formation in the area that separates the two. It is considered that this is due to the collision of M64 with a smaller galaxy, which has now been totally destroyed and absorbed by it and that should have taken place around a billion years ago.

MAGE DETAILS:

The image was taken on May 13, 2018
Place: Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, Jalisco, México
Telescope 150/750 F5 Newton
CGEM mount

Guided with 60/240, Camera, RT IMX224

Camera ZWO ASI224
Subs 120x5 sec.
103 Darks

Stacked with DeepSky Stacker
Processed with PixInsigth, IRIS (Deconvultion)