NGC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices more luminous than the Andromeda Galaxy.
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NGC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices more luminous than the Andromeda Galaxy. It lies close to the North Galactic Pole and has a visual magnitude of approximately 10. First recorded in 1785 by William Herschel, it is a prominent example of an edge-on spiral galaxy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4565
