NGC 4565 – The Needle Galaxy

Description:

NGC 4565, the Needle Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy seen edge-on between 40 and 50 million light years away from us. It appears to us a little brighter than an identical face-on galaxy would appear because all the luminosity is concentrated along a thin line.

Technical details:

Telescope: Celestron Edge HD14 and 0.7x focal reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600 in bin 4×4 mode
Filters LRGB Astrodon 1.25″
Exposure: a total of 84 4-minute subs
Place: Backyard observatory in Sainte-Sophie, Qc
Date: May 2018