Image Centered on Ra.12 : 36.3 (h:m) Dec.+25 : 59 (deg:m) Distance 31 Million Ly
NGC 4565
Spiral Galaxy NGC 4565 (= H V.24), type Sb, in Coma Berenices
Information ( from the SEDS website )
Discovered by William Herschel in 1785.
The considerably bright, very large edge-on spiral NGC 4565 is another showpiece
for amteurs, and often used in textbooks, as it is assumed that its view may
resemble that of our own Milky Way, seen from outside from a place situated near
its galactic equatorial plane. According to R. Brent Tully, NGC 4565 is about 31
million light years distant.
Optics and exposure data
Telescope Celestron 9.25 SCT operating at f6.3 with a Meade focal Reducer
Mount, Losmandy G11 with Gemini control electronics
Imager, Starlite-Xpress SXV-h9 using Astronomiks RGB optical filters.
Exposure data, lum 90 minutes RGB 45 min each channel
Images acquired with Astroart and aligned then combined in Maxim Dl. Final RGB composite processed with Photoshop Cs
Images acquired from my backyard - " Dirt Clod Observatory" in Antelope California
