The cosmic shiner

The last few nights has seen some lovely clear skies, despite light pollution from the local town of Watton approx 3 miles away and  a 30% illuminated moon. I thought I would have a go at M64 The Blackeye Galaxy


This cosmic punchbag of a galaxy has taken a recent pounding well about a billion years ago as experts believe, a small galaxy collision has left its mark. Messier added it to his collection despite it's discovery a year earlier. Resting a mere 24 million light years away. This is a combination of 1 hour 40 minutes of exposures @ ISO 1600. A final crop just show the bruise.