Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
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NGC 4565, a beautiful edge-on galaxy, Philippe Barraud
NGC 4565, a beautiful edge-on galaxy
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NGC 4565, a beautiful edge-on galaxy

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NGC 4565, a beautiful edge-on galaxy, Philippe Barraud
NGC 4565, a beautiful edge-on galaxy
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NGC 4565, a beautiful edge-on galaxy

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For my first light with my new newtonian, Sky-watcher BKP 200/1000, I imaged the beautiful edge-on galaxy NGC 4565, in the constellation Coma Berenices.

At 32 million light-years, this huge galaxy has a linear diameter of 150'000 light-years and a total mass of 200 billion stars, as well as about 200 globular clusters !

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NGC 4565, a beautiful edge-on galaxy, Philippe Barraud