Needle Galaxy - NGC 4565 (David Schlaudt)

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

Needle Galaxy - NGC 4565, David Schlaudt

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Needle Galaxy - NGC 4565

This is an amazing object due to its side on orientation to us. One of the most fascinating things we can see due to the side on orientation that I’ve never noticed in my prior imaging is that we can actually see smaller objects orbiting and interacting with the Needle galaxy including globular clusters and satellite galaxies. In the second zoomed-in image I’ve included you can see a number of faint fuzzy objects surrounding the core of the galaxy. These are a few of the 240 globular clusters which are orbiting the galaxy. Our own galaxy also has globular clusters orbiting it and seeing these objects in the same frame as the whole Needle Galaxy gives you a sense of how these objects interact as a whole system. Also visible in the zoomed-in image is one of the 2 satellite galaxies which orbit NGC 4565, this is the blue fuzzy object seen in the upper right corner of the image. Again this parallels our own galaxy which has a number of satellite galaxies including the famous Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. Side note, I am infinitely jealous of our Southern Hemisphere friends who can observe these objects and a significant reason why observing the Southern Hemisphere night sky is on my bucket list. The Needle Galaxy’s side-on orientation also gives us a view similar to our view of our own Milky Way galaxy as you can see the detail of the gas and dust clouds which are blocking the light from the galaxy’s core. If you are lucky enough to live in a location where you can still see the core of the Milky Way it becomes immediately obvious how that view parallels what we can see with the Needle Galaxy.

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