Description: - Messier 64, aka NGC 4826, aka “The Black Eye Galaxy”, is a spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices of magnitude 8.4 and about 17 million light years away. Imaged from Bortle 9 Calgary AB Canada in Luminance only.

Camera: ASI533M

Filter: Chroma Luminance

Scope: Astro-Physics AP130EDT, 1085mm at f/8.35

Exposure: 28 x 5 minutes for 2hrs & 20min total

Date: 2026-04-19 on a soft night

Processed in Pixinsight with RCAstro Tools