NGC 4565

NGC 4565

Type	Location	r.a.	dec.	Size	Magnitude	Distance
Galaxy edge on	Coma B	12h36.3	+25°59'	16.2' x 2.8'	10	53 Mly

NGC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is a spectacular edge-on spiral galaxy about 53 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.

Galaxy to SW is NGC 4562, which is supposed to be a companion of NGC 4565.

NGC 4565 and NGC 4562

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Date	Telescope	Binning	Exp Time (s)	Special processing	Notes
Apr 8, 2003	Centurion 18"	L 1:1 RGB 3:1	L 6x300 RGB 300	LRGB, Max Entropy, DDP