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The Needle Galaxy
NGC 4565
A large, edge-on galaxy in Coma Berenices - larger than the Milky Way


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At least 3 nearby galaxies can be seen in this image of NGC 4565

All Images of The Needle Galaxy
29 Mar 2017

Details:
Night of:Wednesday March 29, 2017
Site:Laguna Niguel
Local Time:10:30 PM | Mar 29, 2017
Altitude:70°
RA:12h 36m 21s
Declination:+25d 59' 16"
Distance:30-50 million light years
Magnitude:+10.0 mV
Size:16' x 2'
Camera Settings:
Telescope:9.25-SCT
Camera:Celestron NightScape + f/6.3 Reducer
f/ratio:f/6.3
Pixel Scale:1.45 arcsec
Image Size:1283 x 1163 pixels (1.5 MP)
31.0' x 28.1'
Exposure:30 sec
Stacked Frames:23
Total Integration:12 minutes
Post Processing:t-shirt flats
stacked in aa6
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