NGC 4565 The "Needle" Galaxy (The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Robotic Telescope) (Mark Germani)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com) · Contains: IC 3546 · IC 3571 · IC 3582 · NGC 4562 · NGC 4565 · Needle Galaxy

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NGC 4565 The "Needle" Galaxy (The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Robotic Telescope)

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NGC 4565 The "Needle" Galaxy (The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Robotic Telescope)

NGC 4565

Commonly known as the Needle Galaxy, NGC 4565 is a barred spiral galaxy (not unlike our own Milky Way Galaxy, but one-third larger) about 45 million light years away. The beautiful darker ribbon-like structures running the length of the galaxy are composed of dust, and the glowing yellowish bulge in the centre that marks it as a "barred" is made up of cooler, older stars.

DATA/PROCESSING

The data for this galaxy was provided by the RASC Robotic Telescope, and was imaged in June of 2021. It consists of 4 hours of RGB data, along with 4 hours of luminance. Large dust motes, internal reflections and star halos posed quite a challenge here, but the detail in the dust lanes was a joy to process and didn't take much coaxing to reveal itself. Many thanks to the RASC imaging team as always!

REFERENCES

Hubble Sees the Needle Galaxy, Edge-on and Up Close - NASA Science. NASA Hubble Mission Team, July 12 2012, https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-sees-the-needle-galaxy-edge-on-and-up-close/

The Needle Galaxy. Hubble/ESA News, December 17, 2012, https://esahubble.org/images/potw1251a/

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RA (center)	12h36m21s.110
RA (top/left)	12h34m40s.779
RA (top/right)	12h36m41s.424
RA (bottom/right)	12h38m01s.313
RA (bottom/left)	12h36m00s.484

Dec (center)	+25°59′21″.53
Dec (top/left)	+25°54′45″.20
Dec (top/right)	+25°36′50″.16
Dec (bottom/right)	+26°03′56″.27
Dec (bottom/left)	+26°21′54″.39

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