NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy

Saturday, May 17, 2025

NGC4565 - Needle Galaxy

By Rodrigo Maeda

The Needle Galaxy, as it is known, has this name because of its shape as seen by us here on Earth, resembling a needle. It is located near the North Pole in the constellation Coma Berenices. Captured over 6 nights, with 163 frames of 300 seconds each, totaling 13h 35 min. Hope you like it! Valparaiso São Paulo Brazil bortle 5

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Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Pavel Mráz SkytechX · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)