Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy, Joe Sadony
NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy
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NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy

NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy, Joe Sadony
NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy
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NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy

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The sporadic cloudiness finally let up near midnight last night. The skies behind were very good. Everything ran like clockwork except for the cloud that parked in front of my last three subs.

This is a full size image from an ASI533 less a few pixels from stacking artifacts on the bottom edge. I think this target is a nice fit for my gear. The details:

Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565) on 5/7/2021

(36) 300s Lights

(30) Flats

(25) Darks

(30) Darkflats

Orion EON115

Orion Flattener for short refractors

ZWO ASI533MC Pro, Gain 101, Bin 1x1, T-10c

SW EQ6R Pro

50mm Guide Scope

ZWO ASI120MM Mini Guide

Astrophotography Tool

PlateSolve2

PHD2

SharpCap Pro (polar alignment)

Stellarium

PixInsight:

WBPP

DynCrop

DBE

PhotometricColorCalibration

Deconvolution

EZSoftStretch

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Bortle 4 skies

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NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy, Joe Sadony