NGC4565 / Needle Galaxy (Jeff Donaldson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com) · Contains: IC 3533 · IC 3543 · IC 3546 · IC 3571 · IC 3582 · NGC 4562 · NGC 4565

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NGC4565 / Needle Galaxy

Is our Galaxy this thin? Probably. Magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile, bright NGC 4565 is a stop on many telescopic tours of the northern sky, in the faint but well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices. This sharp, colorful image reveals the galaxy's bulging central core cut by obscuring dust lanes that lace NGC 4565's thin galactic plane. An assortment of other background galaxies is included in the pretty field of view, with the neighboring galaxy NGC 4562 at the Lower left. NGC 4565 itself lies about 40 million light-years distant and spans some 100,000 light-years. Easily spotted with small telescopes, sky enthusiasts consider NGC 4565 to be a prominent celestial masterpiece Messier missed.

We are looking at this galaxy as it appeared 40 Million years ago. Our planet looked very different. This period marks the rise of the mammals, Primates continued to evolve and marked the end of global warming. The average temperature of the earth at this time was +30c pole to pole.

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RA (center)	12h36m21s.80
RA (top/left)	12h37m08s.96
RA (top/right)	12h38m05s.59
RA (bottom/right)	12h35m32s.86
RA (bottom/left)	12h34m37s.10

Dec (center)	+25°59′16″.8
Dec (top/left)	+25°32′02″.6
Dec (top/right)	+26°16′49″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	+26°26′29″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	+25°41′39″.6

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