M64

 Posted: Apr 9th, 2024
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Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: Sky-Watcher 130/650
Camera: Zwo ASI662MC
Mount: ZWO AM5
Guide Camera: asi120mm
Software: DeepSkyStacker, GraXpert, Gimp
Exposure:
8 x 180" ISO/Gain: 252
Yellow, Bortle 5 zone:
 Kyzyl, Russia
 Apr 8th, 2024
24 m
1204
Resolution: 1226x727 px
Scale: 610 KB
M64 - Black Eye Galaxy.
Distance: 17 million light-years.
A distinctive feature of this object is its origin from two merged galaxies with different rotation directions. As a result, the gas and dust disk in the inner region rotates in the opposite direction relative to the stars and gas at its periphery.
Updated
  9 May, 2025
  33 m
Processed old frames, a total of 11 taken with Virtuoso 130, will reshoot in the future with Askar 71F, it's sharper.
Current photo
  9 Apr, 2024
  24 m
M64 - Black Eye Galaxy. Distance: 17 million light-years. A distinctive feature of this object is its origin from two merged galaxies with different rotation di…
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