Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3571  ·  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
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NGC 4565, Roberto Marinoni
NGC 4565
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Description

NGC 4565 is a spiral galaxy visible in the Coma Berenices constellation.
Due to its edge-on view and the presence of a very evident dust lane near the core region, it is also known with the nickname “Needle Galaxy”.
Its estimated distance is in the range 40/60 million light years and the real dimension is around 162000 light years.
Looking at carefully the disc, it could be noted some warp on the opposite edges: this could be the effect of the interaction with the small satellite galaxy IC 3571 visible on the left side of NGC 4565.
(north is on the left side of the image)

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