Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565
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NGC6545_Needle Galaxy, Didier FOURNIL
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NGC6545_Needle Galaxy

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NGC6545_Needle Galaxy, Didier FOURNIL
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NGC6545_Needle Galaxy

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About it:

Also called the Needle Galaxy, NGC4565 is a majestic edge-on spiral galaxy...

Its main interest consist in the fact that this particular position reveals its impressive dust lanes...

NGC4565 is situated some 300 to 400 million light-years from Eath...

In other words, NGC4565 presents us a picture of the past, belonging to a period where only one continent existed (called Pangea), and insects, seeds and reptiles just appears...

Done in collaboration with Marc Bretton, Jérome Etivant, Dominique Dazun and Yves Tichené...

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NGC6545_Needle Galaxy, Didier FOURNIL