Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  HD109718  ·  IC 3533  ·  IC 3543  ·  IC 3546  ·  IC 3571  ·  IC 3582  ·  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
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NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy, Elvie1
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NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy

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NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy

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NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy - Constellation Coma Berenices
Edge on  view of a Spiral Galaxy - approximately 40 M LY away and 100,000 LY across
Galaxy shows a box shaped central core (suggesting a barred spiral), well defined dark lanes and blue spiral arms.
Other apparent background galaxies IC3543, IC3546, and NGC4562 are roughly vertically aligned, top to bottom, just to the Needle's right hand side.

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NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy, Elvie1