ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | Galaxies | NGC 4565 | NGC 4565 x63
NGC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices more luminous than the Andromeda Galaxy. It lies close to the North Galactic Pole and has a visual magnitude of approximately 10. First recorded in 1785 by William Herschel, it is a prominent example of an edge-on spiral galaxy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4565
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Total image time was 13 hours.
| Exposure | 15x20 min using the filter, 48x10 min luminance | ||||||||
| ISO | 3200 | ||||||||
| Camera | Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504] | ||||||||
| Optics | 120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Celestron CGX mount | ||||||||
| Guiding | ZWO ASI224MC using Phd2 | ||||||||
| Controller | Kstars on a MeLe Quieter 3C | ||||||||
| Filter | Triad Quad Ultra Narrow Band | ||||||||
| Location | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. | ||||||||
| Date | 2023-03-21 -- 2022-04-11 | ||||||||
| Processing | Processed in PixInsight. |
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