Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3533  ·  IC 3546  ·  IC 3571  ·  IC 3582  ·  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
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NGC4565 Needle Galaxy, Mark Eby
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NGC4565 Needle Galaxy

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NGC4565 Needle Galaxy

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The NGC4565 Needle Galaxy presents a classic view on an edge-on galaxy. It lies about 40 million light-years away. Stretching about 200,000 light-years in length, it is almost the same size as the M31 Andromeda Galaxy, but is actually brighter. Galaxy NGC4562 is easily visible at the top-left of the image, galaxy IC3571 is the tiny smudge straight below the center of the Needle Galaxy, and galaxy IC3546 is at the bottom-left edge. North is at the bottom.

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