The Needle Galaxy is nearly 50 million light-years away. I used 11 hours of exposure time to capture it from my backyard.

NGC 4565 is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It lies close to the North Galactic Pole and has a visual magnitude of approximately 10. It is known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile.

If you look closely, many more galaxies can be seen in this picture, one of which is interacting with the Needle Galaxy.

I used 11 hours of exposure time to capture it from my backyard.

Follow me on Instagram @chucksastrophotography if you would like to see what's possible to be captured from our own backyard and to see what telescopes I use.

Hardware

Imaging Telescope:
Explore Scientific 127mm ED Refractor (952 focal length)

Imaging Camera:
ZWO ASI1600MM Cool

Mount:
Celestron CGX

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