The Black Eye Galaxy ( also called Sleeping Beauty Galaxy ; designated Messier 64 , M64 , or NGC 4826 ) was 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 .
The Black Eye Galaxy ( or Sleeping Beauty Galaxy ; Messier 64 , M64 , or NGC 4826 ) was discovered in 1779 .