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Needle Galaxy

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Needle Galaxy

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First time going after this object which is one of the most well known edge-on spiral galaxies. Magnitude cca 9.6 . A large dust lane cuts across the nucleus which blocks and gives a red tint to the light from the interior of the galaxy. It is about 40 million light year away.

This is a crop of a widefield view which can be found here https://astrob.in/qby9as/0/

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