• Messier 64 in Coma Berenices, the Black Eye Galaxy
    • M64, Black Eye Galaxy
    Annotated image
  • NGC 4826, M64, or the Black Eye Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices.
  • Hover over the image for an annotated view.
  • Date:  7 April 2024
  • FOV:  approximately 30' × 20'; the long axis of M64 is about 10.7'
  • Telescope:  Orion 180mm Mak-Cass (2509mm, f/14, nominally 2700mm, f/15)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS gain 90
  • Pixel size:  4.78 μm
  • Resolution:  0.393 arcsec/pixel
  • Filter:  none
  • Stacking:  thirty-four 240 second frames using Pixinsight
  • Total Time:  2 hour 24 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPPC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT,
  • MStr, GHS, HST, PixelMath MStr + GHS + HST, HDR7, Sat,
  • StarXT → Starless, Bill Blanshan star reduction, Sat, Scale
  • Location:  Jay Peak near Newport, VT