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M 64 - NGC 4826  Blackeye Galaxy
Coma Berenices
Penryn, California
April 2006
M 250 @ f 9.3  (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB 15  minutes each

M64 is classified a SB type galaxy.  It is a relatively quiet galaxy just starting a second wave of star formation.  Distance estimates vary from 12 mly to 44 mly.