SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
Rod Pommier
Location of Photo:
Pommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USA
Date/Time of photo:
2023-03-29
Equipment:
PlaneWave CDK17 on L500 mount, SBIG STL 11000 CCD camera with Baader Planetarium L, R, G, and B filters
Description:
M64 is a type 2 Seyfert galaxy lying at a distance of 17 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is known as "The Black Eye Galaxy" due to its prominent, compact dust lane. The galaxy actually has two disks, a brighter inner one and a dimmer outer one, which are counter rotating relative to each other. It is this counter rotation that is believed to be responsible for the bunching up of the galaxy's dust lanes giving it its black eye appearance. Exposures: L:R:G:B = 170:90:90:90 minutes = 7 hours, 20 minutes total exposure at f/6.8.
