Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  HD109718  ·  IC 3546  ·  IC 3571  ·  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 4565, Nigel
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 4565

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 4565, Nigel
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 4565

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

The Needle Galaxy has a visual magnitude of 9.6 and apparent dimensions of 16' x 3'. It is about 40 million light years away and is one of the finest examples of an edge on spiral thought to resemble the Milky Way.

Comments

Revisions

  • NGC 4565, Nigel
    Original
  • Final
    NGC 4565, Nigel
    B

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC 4565, Nigel