Black Eye Galaxy
A spiral galaxy with a dark band of dust across its bright core.
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What it is
- Kind of object
- Galaxy
- Distance
- 24 million light years
- Brightness
- Magnitude 8.5, a sight for a small telescope
- Size in the sky
- About a third of the width of the full Moon
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Catalogue
- M 64, NGC 4826
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