Blackeye Galaxy
Dreyer's description: ! vB, vL, vmE 120deg +/- , bMSBN; = M64
Cross Identifications: GC 3321, h 1486. Blackeye Galaxy, Sleeping Beauty Galaxy; Edward Pigott (1779); Bode 77; BD +22 2526; UGC 8062, PKS 1254+21.
Right Ascension: | 12 : 56.7 (hours : minutes) |
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Declination: | +21 : 41 (degrees : minutes) |
Distance: | 19000 (* 1,000 light years) |
Apparent Magnitude: | 8.5 |
Apparent Diameter: | 9.3 (arc minutes) |
NGC Home NGC 4825 | NGC 4827 M63 | M65
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