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NGC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It lies close to the North Galactic Pole and has a visual magnitude of approximately 13.61 (B) and apparent size of 16.75 x 2.89 arcmin.
Description Sources: Wikipedia, theskylive.com, in-the-sky.org
Equipment & Integration
Imaging telescope: TS Photon 8" F5 Newtonian reflector
Imaging camera: ZWO ASI 533MC-P
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ-5 Pro Go-To
Guiding telescope: TS 80/600 F7.5 Achromat
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MC-S
Coma corrector: TS GPU Superflat
Extras: ZWO EAF 5V Motor Focuser
Software: Adobe Photoshop 2020, DeepSkyStacker, PHD Guiding, PixInsight
Frames: 120s x 240 GAIN 100 @ 0 degrees
Integration: 8 hours
Date captured: 10/07/2021
Location: Athens, Greece
Bortle Scale (?): 8