Blackeye galaxy

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Two pictures of the Blackeye galaxy taken using the Bradford Robotic telescope

Blackeye 1

Blackeye 2

The Blackeye galaxy (M64 or NGC 4826) was discovered in 1779. It contains a large dust cloud in the centre of the galaxy which absorbs light and gives rise to its name.It contains evidence of two colliding galaxies.

For more information see

http://www.messier.seds.org/m/m064.html

http://www.skyimagelab.com › Hubble Photos

http://www.sidleach.com/m64.htm

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I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.

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