M 64 · Galaxy · Coma Berenices

Evil Eye Galaxy

Also known as NGC 4826 · PGC 44182 · UGC 8062 · Black Eye Galaxy

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Position (J2000)

12h 56m 44s · +21° 40′ 59″

Discovered

by Edward Pigott in 1779

Pictures

1

Magnitude

8.52

visual

Size

10.5′ × 5.3′

Distance

~17,000,000 ly

Best months

Mar–May

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.