Sunday, June 5, 2011

Black Eye Galaxy (M64)


This image consists of 40 4-minute exposures taken from my deck in Abbotsford.  M64 is a spiral galaxy located in Coma Berenices and is 24 million ly from Earth.  It derives its name from the dark dust lane to the right of its center.  
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