NGC 4565 "The Needle Galaxy" Wide Field (Jim Raskett)

NGC 4565 "The Needle Galaxy" Wide Field

From Wikipedia:

NGC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It lies close to the North Galactic Pole and has a visual magnitude of approximately 10. It is known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile. First recorded in 1785 by William Herschel, it is a prominent example of an edge-on spiral galaxy.

Characteristics
NGC 4565 is a giant spiral galaxy more luminous than the Andromeda Galaxy.
Much speculation exists in literature as to the nature of the central bulge. In the absence of clear-cut dynamical data on the motions of stars in the bulge, the photometric data alone cannot adjudge among various options put forth. However, its exponential shape suggested that it is a barred spiral galaxy. Studies with the help of the Spitzer Space Telescope not only confirmed the presence of a central bar but also showed a pseudo-bulge within it as well as an inner ring.

I have only imaged this beautiful galaxy once in my first year of AP (2019). That image was captured with my unmodified Nikon D3300 (still use it for daytime photography) and it was a pretty decent image considering.

This image was captured over two nights with intermittent clouds the first night and a huge dew issue the second night where I had to throw away hours of subs.
Processed with WBPP after many sub omissions in Subframe Selector. No color modifications besides SPCC and Curves saturation.

Annotated version with 6 identified quasars see: Revision F.
Thanks for looking and comments very welcome!
Jim

Original
B
Final
C
F

B

Description: Corrected for slight red bias in the background (Photoshop-Levels).

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C

Description: Reduced Background

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F

Description: Adding Annotated version with 6 quasars identified.

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RA (center)	12h36m22s.94
RA (top/left)	12h33m52s.42
RA (top/right)	12h33m51s.78
RA (bottom/right)	12h38m51s.96
RA (bottom/left)	12h38m55s.54

Dec (center)	+25°59′35″.9
Dec (top/left)	+26°33′32″.10
Dec (top/right)	+25°25′57″.0
Dec (bottom/right)	+25°25′30″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	+26°33′05″.3

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