Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3571  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
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Needle Galaxy - NGC 4565, jhawn
Needle Galaxy - NGC 4565
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Needle Galaxy - NGC 4565

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Needle Galaxy - NGC 4565

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The Needle Galaxy (also known as NGC 4565) was first recorded by William Herschel in 1785, is a large, luminous 10th magnitude edge-on galaxy in Coma Berenices approximately 30-50 million light-years away. 

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Needle Galaxy - NGC 4565, jhawn