✨ NGC 4565 – The Needle Galaxy ✨

✨ NGC 4565 – The Needle Galaxy ✨

🔭 Scope & details:

Lights: 68x300" (LRGB)

Telescope: Planewave CDK24

Camera: QHY 600M

Filters: LRGB Astrodon

Date: 19/02/2023

Say hello to the Needle Galaxy 🌌 — one of the most breathtaking edge-on spirals in the night sky. Its razor-thin disk of stars and dark dust lane cut across space like a shining blade, earning it the name Needle.

Located about 40 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices, NGC 4565 is a true deep-sky jewel. With its bright central bulge and slender profile, many astronomers call it the most spectacular edge-on spiral galaxy ever seen.

📍 Constellation: Coma Berenices

📍 Coordinates: RA 12h 36m 21s | Dec +25° 59′ 15″

📍 Apparent Magnitude: ~10.4

📍 Distance: ~40 million ly

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