This
Messier Object, also known as NGC 4192, is a spiral galaxy located 40 million light years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices at a declination of +15 degrees. It is a magnitude 10 galaxy which spans 9 arc-minutes in our apparent view. This corresponds to a Milky Way size diameter of 120,000 light years. It is the 140th brightest galaxy in the sky.
This galaxy is highly inclined to our line of sight, almost edge-on, at an angle of 74°. Despite the high angle, it is easy to see the dark dust lanes, the bright yellow core, and blue star clouds.
This is the first image processed since yesterday's discussion in my posted M109 image comment section of the problems with the Pixinsight PCC color calibration process. I calibrated this color the "old fashioned" way, using an average white value equal to the galaxy itself.
The inner disk is much brighter than the diffuse outer disk. The dust lanes seem much more prevalent on the right side of the inner disk than the left side. The spiral arms are hard to trace except in the outer reaches.
It is just a guess on my part because of the highly inclined disk, but based upon the kink on the right hand outer disk edge, this galaxy may have an outer pseudo-ring similar to that of NGC 718:
NGC 718
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