The Needle Galaxy
NGC 4565 in Coma Berenices
was discovered by the great William Herschel in 1785. A classic edge-on spiral, it is one of the most spectacular galaxies. 4565 lies a staggering 40,000,000 light-years from this island Earth. Though a favorite spring sight, there is precious little written about the Needle (or Flying Saucer as it is sometimes called). NGC 4562 floats below at 5 o'clock, with tiny IC 3582, 3543, and 3546 appearing in the FOV.
This is a collaboration with Ron Brecher who acquired and preprocessed this lovely data.
LARGE
was discovered by the great William Herschel in 1785. A classic edge-on spiral, it is one of the most spectacular galaxies. 4565 lies a staggering 40,000,000 light-years from this island Earth. Though a favorite spring sight, there is precious little written about the Needle (or Flying Saucer as it is sometimes called). NGC 4562 floats below at 5 o'clock, with tiny IC 3582, 3543, and 3546 appearing in the FOV.
This is a collaboration with Ron Brecher who acquired and preprocessed this lovely data.
LARGE