NGC4565

Needle Galaxy

NGC4565

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Distance

31,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

April 14, 2005

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Lum 5x5 (bin 1x1), R 1x15, G 1x15, B 3x15 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT

Focal Length

1764mm @f/6.3

Mount

Celestron CGE

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Optec TCF-S

Filters

CFW8A, Astrodon LRGB

Software

CCDSoft 5, Photoshop cs