[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Black Hole [@konstructivizm](/creator/twitter/konstructivizm) on x 755.8K followers Created: 2025-07-19 17:53:00 UTC M64: The Black Eye Galaxy Close-Up This stunning spiral galaxy is Messier XX — better known as the Black Eye Galaxy, or sometimes the Sleeping Beauty Galaxy, thanks to the dark, dramatic swirl of dust that gives it a shadowed, almost watchful gaze. Captured in detail by the Hubble Space Telescope, this reprocessed image shows the galaxy’s central region, spanning about XXXXX light-years. M64 lies XX million light-years away, nestled in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices. At first glance, its central dust clouds steal the show — veils of shadow laced with glowing clusters of young, blue stars and the faint red glow of hydrogen-rich star-forming regions. But M64 hides a deeper mystery. Astronomers have discovered that this galaxy is composed of two massive, counter-rotating systems. The stars and gas in the inner region rotate in one direction — but the gas in the outer disk, stretching out to nearly XXXXXX light-years, spins the opposite way. This strange, cosmic tug-of-war is likely the relic of a billion-year-old galactic collision — the quiet remnants of a smaller galaxy that was devoured and absorbed long ago. What remains is a beautifully distorted spiral with a dark eye — and a turbulent past. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA Processing: Jonathan Lodge  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [black eye galaxy](/topic/black-eye-galaxy) [Post Link](https://x.com/konstructivizm/status/1946629358841729344)
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M64: The Black Eye Galaxy Close-Up
This stunning spiral galaxy is Messier XX — better known as the Black Eye Galaxy, or sometimes the Sleeping Beauty Galaxy, thanks to the dark, dramatic swirl of dust that gives it a shadowed, almost watchful gaze.
Captured in detail by the Hubble Space Telescope, this reprocessed image shows the galaxy’s central region, spanning about XXXXX light-years. M64 lies XX million light-years away, nestled in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices.
At first glance, its central dust clouds steal the show — veils of shadow laced with glowing clusters of young, blue stars and the faint red glow of hydrogen-rich star-forming regions. But M64 hides a deeper mystery.
Astronomers have discovered that this galaxy is composed of two massive, counter-rotating systems. The stars and gas in the inner region rotate in one direction — but the gas in the outer disk, stretching out to nearly XXXXXX light-years, spins the opposite way.
This strange, cosmic tug-of-war is likely the relic of a billion-year-old galactic collision — the quiet remnants of a smaller galaxy that was devoured and absorbed long ago. What remains is a beautifully distorted spiral with a dark eye — and a turbulent past.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA Processing: Jonathan Lodge
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