Messier 94 - Wikipedia
Messier 94 (also known as NGC 4736, Cat's Eye Galaxy, Crocodile Eye Galaxy, or Croc's Eye Galaxy[7][8]) is a spiral galaxy in the mid- northern constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781, [9] and catalogued by Charles Messier two days later.
Messier 94: Cat’s Eye Galaxy - Messier Objects
2015年8月15日 · Beautiful spiral galaxy M94 (Messier 94) lies a mere 15 million light-years distant in the northern constellation of the hunting dogs, Canes Venatici. A popular target for astronomers, the brighter inner part of the face-on galaxy is about 30,000 light-years across.
Messier 94 - NASA Science
M94 is a spiral galaxy located 16 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered in 1781 by Pierre Méchain, a French astronomer for whom an asteroid was named in 2002.
M94 (NGC 4736) - Cat's Eye Galaxy - GO ASTRONOMY
Messier 94 (NGC 4736), also known as the Cat's Eye Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Canes Venatici in the CVn I Group of galaxies. M94 is 16000000 light years away from Earth. M94 is best viewed during early spring, is magnitude 9, and can be viewed with binoculars. M94 is 11.2' x 9' in apparent size.
APOD: 2023 June 7 – M94: A Double Ring Galaxy
M94, pictured here, spans about 45,000 light years in total, lies about 15 million light years away, and can be seen with a small telescope toward the constellation of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici).
The quiet life of Messier 94 | University of Michigan News
2022年6月14日 · M94 is a spiral galaxy located 16 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. University of Michigan doctoral student Katya Gozman investigated the galaxy’s halo to examine the galaxy’s merger history.
APOD: 2022 July 31 - Starburst Galaxy M94 from Hubble
2022年7月2日 · But this Hubble Space Telescope field of view spans about 7,000 light-years across M94's central region. The featured close-up highlights the galaxy's compact, bright nucleus, prominent inner dust lanes, and the remarkable bluish ring of young massive stars.
Messier 94 - the Cat's Eye Galaxy - Universe Today
2019年12月2日 · One of these objects is the Cat’s Eye Galaxy (aka. the Croc’s Eye Galaxy and Messier 94), a spiral galaxy located about 15 million light-years from Earth in close proximity to the Canes...
M94
This image shows the galaxy Messier 94, which lies in the small northern constellation of the Hunting Dogs, about 16 million light-years away. Within the bright ring around Messier 94 new stars are forming at a high rate and many young, bright stars are present within it – thanks to this, this feature is called a starburst ring.
Messier 94 - The Cat's Eye Galaxy - galactichunter
2021年3月19日 · Messier 94 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. it is also known as the Cat's Eye Galaxy due to its bright barred core. Meow! 🐈. In this post, we capture M94 from our bright Bortle 9 backyard without the use of any filter, and also without stacking dark and flat calibration frames.