Talk:Messier 94

Cat's Eye Galaxy

I just want to know who put this name on Wikipedia. Were is it's orgional sourse. Or did some user just put it on for a jork (or more likley he wants to suggest the name). If you look on the Messier 109's talk, I wright that I suggested a name for it. F.Y.I. to the Cat's Eye guy, I suggested that name to that site. But if you want credit, speek now, or forever hold your peice!
— Hurricane Devon @ 01:05, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

While your motivation (or whoever's motivation) for giving this galaxy a unique name is notable, most people simply do not refer to NGC 4736 as the Cat's Eye Galaxy. It misleads the average reader, and it could cause some confusion with the Cat's Eye Nebula. I'm removing the informal designation. GeorgeJBendo 15:58, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Bar and AGN Activity

Two comments related to my 5 Jul 2006 updates:

The designation of this galaxy as a barred spiral galaxy appears to be slightly inaccurate. The structure is best described as oval.
Most professional astronomy references refer to this as a LINER galaxy, not a Seyfert galaxy. Maybe I should write a page on LINERs.

GeorgeJBendo 12:34, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Mirror reversed image

The two images of the galaxy do not have the same chirality. I think the image in the box is mirror reversed. I have enlarged the central part, made a mirror reversion and rotated this one 110 ° as shown in the gallery below:

Images of Messier 94

Central part of Messier 94.
The same, mirror reversed.
Rotated 110 °.
ESA/Hubble image of the central part of the galaxy.

Now the structures in the central part match those of the ESA/Hubble image. Also, the three bright blue stars visible on the box image do not match the three yellow ones on the GALEX image shown on "Messier 94: Cat's Eye Galaxy"., unless it is mirror reversed.

Would it not be better to mirror reverse the box image?

AstroOgier (talk) 13:55, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]