NGC4565

Needle Galaxy

NGC4565

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Distance

31,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

June 8, 2018

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

Lum 6x15, R 3x10, G 3x10, B 3x10 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

DSI RC10C Corrected RC Astrograph

Focal Length

1867mm @f/7.3

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

FLI ML-16200

Focuser

Built-in Secondary Focuser

Filters

FLI CFW2-7, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB

Software

Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop