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Blackeye galaxy

(M64; NGC 4826) A nearby galaxy with smooth circular spiral arms and a prominent dark patch near its center due to obscuration by a dense dust lane, hence its name. It lies at a distance of 5.4 Mpc in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006

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anemic galaxies
Coma Berenices
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