Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3546  ·  IC 3571  ·  IC 3582  ·  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
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NGC4565 The Needle Galaxy, Edward Overstreet
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NGC 4565 in Coma Berenices is one of the most prominent and famous edge-on spiral galaxies in the sky. It is also called the Needle Galaxy. NGC 4565 is 30 to 50 million light years distant. Images of NGC 4565 are often used in textbooks, as it is assumed that this galaxy resembles our own Milky Way, seen from outside its galactic equatorial plane. *Sky Safari Pro

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NGC4565 The Needle Galaxy, Edward Overstreet