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Photographer:

astroenthusiast

Location of Photo:

Roswell, GA

Date/Time of photo:

03-07-2021 at 1:11 am EST

Equipment:

Explore Scientific ED165-FPL53 Air-Spaced Triplet Refractor Telescope - FPL53, Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro, ASI2600 CMOS color camera.

Description:

The Black Eye galaxy, located in Coma Berenices is 17 million light years from Earth. Messier 64 has another nickname, the Evil Eye Galaxy. Messier 64 also carries a designation of NGC 4826 and was discovered by English Astronomer Edward Pigott in 1779.

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