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    DEEP-SKY TOUR

    Feb 17, 2022 3 minutes

    1 M64

    e start at M64, the Black Eye Galaxy, so-called due to a dark dust lane arcing around one side of its core. To locate M64 manually, start at mag. +4.2 Beta (β) Comae Berenices. One-degree west is 41 Comae Berenices and 3° west-southwest of this star lies 35 Comae Berenices. Mag. +8.5 M64 sits one-quarter of the way along the line from 35 Comae Berenices to 41 Comae Berenices.

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