Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3571  ·  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565
NGC 4565, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 4565 is a mag 10.4 (visual) an edge-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices It is estimated at 30-50 million light years distance. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785.

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This image was taken with a prototype of an on-axis guider, which has a mirror that reflects the visual image light to the camera at a 90 degree angle, while allowing IR light to pass through to the inline guider. It works well and gives a very good FOV for the guide camera.

Date: May 30 - June 8, 2011

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: Hyperion f/8 12.5 inch, FL 2540 mm

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera: Apogee U8300

Guiding: ST-402 on Innovations Foresight On-Axis Guider

Exposure: LRGB: L:23x10min R:17x7 min, G:14x5 min, B:18x8 min

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing with Photoshop.

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NGC 4565, Frank Colosimo

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