NGC 4565 (Needle Galaxy) in Coma Berenices

NGC 4565 is a spiral galaxy viewed edge-on approximately 39 million light years from the Sun and 192 thousand light years in diameter. The galaxy has prominent dust lanes and at magnitude 9.2, it is easy to pick out with even small telescopes.

• Location/Date: Gainesville FL, May 29, 2021
• Telescope/focuser: Astro-Tech 10" Ritchey Chretien with Moonlite CSL focuser and Hi Res Stepper Motor/Pegasus controller
• Camera/Filters: QHY268M with Astrodon RGB filters
• Guider: QHY off axis guider M; Lodestar X2 camera
• Mount: Astro-Physics 1100GTO
• Image Acquisition/Guiding Software: N.I.N.A./PHD2
• Image Processing: PixInsight; Photoshop
• Captures: 200s subframes (2x2); RGB 6 each