Black Eye galaxy (Messier 64, or "Sleeping Beauty galaxy") location

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    Coma Berenices constellation

  • Constellation Sculptor

  • Constellation Virgo

  • Constellation Hydra

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  • It has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy.

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