M64 - The Black Eye Galaxy

This image of M64 ("Black-Eye Galaxy") was taken with a 20cm (8 inch) Celestron SCT telescope, an f6.3 focal reducer, and an ST-6 CCD camera.

Magnitude: 8.7
Time/Date: 00:32:15, June 8, 1997
Exposure Time: 10 seconds
Post Processing: None

This image of M64 ("Black Eye Galaxy") was taken with a 20cm (8 inch) Celestron SCT telescope at f10 using an ST-6 CCD camera.
M64 was discovered in 1781, and was described by Charles Messier in the same year as "a nebula without stars". Processing this image was a challenge due to the dence core, and light outer rim.

Magnitude: 8.7
Time/Date: 22:55:02, June 29, 1997
Exposure Time: 20 seconds
Post Processing: SuperFix

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