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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Celestron C5 Schmidt-Cassegrain
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI183MC Pro
Mount:Celestron AVX Mount
Guiding camera:ASI224MC
Focal reducer:Celestron f/6.3 Focal Reducer
Software:Stark Labs Nebulosity 4.2, Annie's Astro Actions V7, Noel Carboni's Astro Tools for PhotoShop Noel Carboni Actions, Digital Photo Professional, Plieades Astrophoto PinInsight 1.8, IDEIKI AstroPhotography Tool (APT), PHD2 Guiding
Filter:Astronomik L2 UV/IR Cut
Accessory:Celestron OAG #93648
Resolution: 4020x2680
Dates:April 29, 2019
Frames:Astronomik L2 UV/IR Cut: 25x240" (gain: 111.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 1.7 hours
Darks: ~30
Flats: ~30
Flat darks: ~30
Avg. Moon age: 24.43 days
Avg. Moon phase: 26.64%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00
Mean SQM: 20.80
Mean FWHM: 4.00
Temperature: 5.00
Astrometry.net job: 2668662
RA center: 12h 36' 20"
DEC center: +25° 58' 48"
Pixel scale: 0.553 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 5.783 degrees
Field radius: 0.371
Data source: Traveller
The Needle Galaxy, NGC 4565, Caldwell 38, is an excellent example of an edge-on spiral galaxy. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 6th, 1785. NGC 4565 has a visual magnitude of 10, and lies 40 million light-years away in the constellation Comma Berenices. It lies close to the North Galactic Pole and is approximately 100,000 light years across.
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