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M64 The Black Eye Galaxy (NGC 4826)
Magnitude: 9.36
Distance: Aprox: 17 million light-years
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Diameter: 52,962 light-years
 

Discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently by Johann Elert Bode in April of the same year, as well as by Charles Messier in 1780. It has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy.

Taken 2/19/18 in Chiefland Florida by Russell Kille on a CPC 1100 with Hyperstar @ F2 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera