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M64 - 9.4.2022 at 00.35 - 9.4.2022 at 00.45 Janakkala, Tervakoski Observation number 106058

Visibility III / V

Petri Kuossari, Riihimäen tähtit. yhdistys

The clouds moved at a fast pace in the sky, sometimes cracking the starry sky, as if teasing, I waited if there was a small shooting interval, there would be no interval longer than ten minutes. During that time, I had time to recover the photons from the M64 black-eye galaxy.



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Additional information
  • Observation target
    • Deep space object
  • Designation
    • M64
  • Constellation
    • Coma Berenices
  • Weather

    • Pilviä ja tuulista

  • Darkness
    • Average
  • Seeing
    • Average
  • Galaxies
    • Spiral galaxy info

      Spiral galaxy is a stellar system where there are outwards arched spiral arms from roundish (spiral galaxies) or bar-shaped (barred spiral galaxies) central condensation.

      The apparent shape of spiral galaxied depends on out observation direction. From above they are quite round. From the side they lens-shaped with a bulge in the middle.

      Generally a rather large instrument, good weather conditions and observational expereince are needed to see spiral arms. Usually spiral galaxies look like a fuzzy spots.

      Spiral galaxy M33 in Triangulum. Image Tero Turunen.

       

      Andromeda Galaxy M31. There are also galaxies M110 (upper right corner) and M32 (lower left corner) in this image. Image Pekka Peura.

      M101 aka Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major. Image Samuli Vuorinen.

       

      Spiral galaxy IC 342 aka Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis. Image Timo Inkinen.

      A sketch of spiral galaxy NGC 7331 in Pegasus. Image Juha Ojanperä.

Technical information

eVscope

10 min exposure

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