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 1, 2007

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Lum 5x15 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Vixen VC200L Corrected Reflector

Focal Length

1280mm @f/6.4

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon L

Software

MaxIm DL, RegiStar, Photoshop