Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
NGC 4565, The Needle Galaxy, Nicholas Gialiris
NGC 4565, The Needle Galaxy
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NGC 4565, The Needle Galaxy

NGC 4565, The Needle Galaxy, Nicholas Gialiris
NGC 4565, The Needle Galaxy
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NGC 4565, The Needle Galaxy

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An edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices, known as the Needle for its narrow profile.

My WO GT-81 at 81mm aperture/382mm FL is not the most suited scope for small galaxies, especially in Bortle 8 skies, but I shoot 'em all, then battle it out in post-processing to bring it out of the murk!

Pretty cool to see how many tiny galaxies are in this image when hovering the mouse and plate-solving.

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NGC 4565, The Needle Galaxy, Nicholas Gialiris