| M64 (NGC4826) / Galaxy, type (R)SA(rs)ab II-III |
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| R.A. | 12h 56m 44.3s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +21° 41' 05" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 10.0×5.4' |
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| Radial Velocity | +403km/s |
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| Magnitude | 8.8 |
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| Distance | 13.4 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | - |
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| Other IDs | UGC8062, MCG4-31-1,
PGC44182 |
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M64 (NGC4826) is a bright Messier's galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices,
is positioned around the center of a huge triangle formed by Denebora (beta Leonis), Arcturus (alpha Bootis), and Cor Caroli (alpha CVn).
The galaxy has a size of 10 by 5 arc minutes, can be detected easily by binoculars.
And it's the most characteristic feature that the galaxy has the extremely noticeable dark lane at the central region.
This dark cloud has given a nickname of "The Black-eye Galaxy".
However you might need medium-ranged telescopes to see the "black-eye" with naked-eyes.
M64 has a real diameter of about 160 thousand light years, it's fairly larger than that of our Galaxy.
And a distance is estimated about 13 million light years from us.
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