Herschel 260
NGC 4565

Object Type Galaxy Sb
Constellation Coma Berenices
Magnitude 9.5
Size 15.8' x 2.1'


Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

Spectacular edge-on galaxy. One of the showpieces of the northern sky. Dark dust lane easily visible. Several very faint galaxies visible close by.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 4565.

Very large. Very elongated and thin. Bright centre. Dark dust lane visible.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.