🔭 M94 — Crocodile Eye

Galaxy in Canes Venatici

M94, Crocodile Eye is a galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, with an apparent magnitude of about 8.2, roughly 16,000 thousand light-years away.

Data

Catalogue designation	M94
Common name	Crocodile Eye
Object type	Galaxy
Constellation	Canes Venatici
NGC / IC	NGC 4736
Apparent magnitude	8.2
Distance (approx.)	16,000 thousand light-years

What a galaxy is

A vast, gravitationally-bound system of stars, gas and dust — from small irregular collections to giant spirals containing a trillion suns. Most Messier galaxies are island universes far beyond the Milky Way.

Other Messier objects in Canes Venatici: M3, M51, M63, M106.

Data: Messier catalogue & IAU constellations, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.