NGC 4565 x63 · 2023-03-21

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.

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

Total image time was 13 hours.

Exposure	15x20 min using the filter, 48x10 min luminance
ISO	3200
Camera	Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]
Optics	120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Celestron CGX mount
Guiding	ZWO ASI224MC using Phd2
Controller	Kstars on a MeLe Quieter 3C
Filter	Triad Quad Ultra Narrow Band
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2023-03-21 -- 2022-04-11
PixInsight Processing	Dynamic Background Extractor BlurXTerminator NoiseXTerminator ScreenTransfer Stretch StarXTerminator CurvesTransformation PixelMath