Observation by Peter Hannah: NGC4565

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Peter Hannah

Observer

Peter Hannah

Observed

2020 Feb 19 - 12:27

Uploaded

2020 Aug 19 - 11:48

Objects

NGC4565

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Constellation

Coma Berenices

Field centre

RA: 12^h36^m
Dec: +25°59'
Position angle: -170°54'

Field size

0°29' × 0°29'

Equipment

Planewave CDK 14" reflector
FLI Proline P9000 CCD camera
Astrodon LRGB filters

Exposure

Lum 8 hrs, Red 9 hrs, Green 7.5 hrs, Blue 8.5 hrs

Location

IC Astronomy, Oria, Spain

Target name

NGC4565, sometimes called the Needle Galaxy

Title

NGC4565

About this image

The famous edge-on spiral in Coma Berenices is accompanied by NGC4562 to its upper left and the distant face-on spiral IC3546 to its lower left.

Files associated with this observation

4565.jpg (1.2 MB)

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Jeremy Shears, Mr John William Hughes, Mr Michael Alan Frost, Nick Hewitt, Nik Szymanek, Peter Mulligan, Peter Hannah, Ron Johnson, Peter Carson, Eric Watkins

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