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Black Eye Galaxy^[1]

The Black Eye Galaxy (M64)
Observation data Epoch J2000
Constellation	Coma Berenices[2]
Right ascension	12h 56m 43.7s[3]
Declination	+21° 40′ 58″[3]
Apparent dimension (V)	10.71 × 5.128 moa[4]
Apparent magnitude (V)	9.36[3]
Characteristics
Type	(R)SA(rs)ab, HIISy2
Astrometry
Helio Radial velocity	408 ± 4[3]km/s
Redshift	0.001361 ± 0.000013[3]
Galactocentric Velocity	400 ± 4 km/s
Distance	24 ± 2 Mly (7.4 ± 0.61 Mpc)
Other designations
M64,[3] NGC 4826,[3] UGC 8062,[3] PGC 44182,[3] Evil Eye Galaxy[4]
Database references
SIMBAD	Search M64 data
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy; designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently by Johann Elert Bode in April of the same year, as well as by Charles Messier in 1780. It has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy. M64 is well known among amateur astronomers because of its appearance in small telescopes. It is a spiral galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellatio