Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3571  ·  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
NGC 4565, Luca Dinoi
NGC 4565
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NGC 4565 (also known as C 38 or the Ago Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices.
It is easily identified 2.5 degrees southeast of the star γ Comae Berenices; it looks perfectly cut, so it looks like a long spindle. Visible even with modest instruments, in 200mm aperture telescopes the view is stupendous: for the entire length of the galaxy a dark band is clearly evident, in a slightly asymmetrical position with respect to the nucleus, which makes it extraordinarily similar to our Galaxy, to which on the other hand it approaches both in real form and in size. It is about 52 million light-years from the Milky Way.

Distance from Earth: 38,490,000 light years

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NGC 4565, Luca Dinoi