Black Eye Galaxy (M64)

Black Eye Galaxy (M64) — galaxy, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Black Eye Galaxy (M64) in an interactive 3D view of space. See its catalogue position, distance and astronomical facts.

A spiral with a great dark band of dust curled across its bright core — a swallowed companion left its inner and outer gas spinning in opposite directions, grinding out new stars where they meet.

Type

Spiral with a dust band (SA(rs)ab)

Distance

17 million light-years

Note

Inner gas spins backwards against the rest

Explore Black Eye Galaxy (M64) in 3D

Black Eye Galaxy (M64) is placed in three-dimensional space using catalogue coordinates and an adopted astronomical distance. Rotate and zoom to explore the model. Stellar surfaces, gas structure and dust depths may be reconstructed or illustrative, as described in its facts; this is not live imagery from a telescope.