Needle Galaxy (NGC4565) - Mouse over for a closer look (DoubleStarPhotography)

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 · PGC 1746033 · PGC 1752031 · PGC 1755309 · PGC 1757504 · PGC 1760893 · PGC 1762205 · PGC 1768433 · PGC 1768901 · PGC 2793674 · PGC 3096164 · PGC 3096166 · PGC 42038 · PGC 42060

Needle Galaxy (NGC4565) - Mouse over for a closer look

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Needle Galaxy (NGC4565) - Mouse over for a closer look

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NGC 4565 (aka the Needle Galaxy) is named that due to it's long slender profile. First spotted in 1785 by Sir William Herschel, this is one of the most famous example of an edge-on spiral galaxy and is located some 30 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It displays a bright yellowish central bulge that juts out above most impressive dust lanes.The Needle Galaxy is relatively close (it is only 12 times farther away than the Andromeda galaxy) and relatively large (roughly one third larger than the Milky Way). A number of background galaxies are also visible in this image, giving full meaning to their nickname of "island universes".

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RA (center)	12h36m19s.467
RA (top/left)	12h34m53s.536
RA (top/right)	12h34m48s.720
RA (bottom/right)	12h37m44s.846
RA (bottom/left)	12h37m50s.714

Dec (center)	+25°59′48″.29
Dec (top/left)	+26°20′13″.51
Dec (top/right)	+25°40′32″.39
Dec (bottom/right)	+25°39′19″.77
Dec (bottom/left)	+26°19′01″.38

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