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The galaxy pictured here is NGC 4565, which for obvious reasons is also called the Needle Galaxy. First spotted in 1785 by Uranus' discoverer, Sir William Herschel (1738-1822), this is one of the most famous example of an edge-on spiral galaxy and is located some 30 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). It displays a bright yellowish central bulge that juts out above most impressive dust lanes. Scope: 12" LX200 OTA @ f6.3 Mount: MI250 Camera: SBIG ST200XM,CFW10 Astrodon Gen II filters Guiding: SSautoguider with Maxim Dl. LLRGB image, L= 20X10 min. RGB= 18X5 min. Bin 2X. Total exposure time = 7 hrs 45 min Images acquired with Maximum Dl, combined with CCDStack, final processing with PS CS2 Images were taken at the fully automated Burkes Observatory on 3/26 using ACP. |