Ethan Teng 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇹🇼 · @citizen_astro
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NGC 4565 Needle Galaxy
Magnitude 10.42 edge-on spiral galaxy located 42.7 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It has at least two satellite galaxies, one of which is interacting with it. It has a population of roughly 240 globular clusters, more than the Milky Way.
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Ethan Teng 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇹🇼 · @citizen_astro
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NGC 4565 Needle Galaxy
Magnitude 10.42 edge-on spiral galaxy located 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785.
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc4565 #galaxy #comaberenices #caldwell38
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #unistellar #citizenscience #ngc4565 #galaxy #comaberenices #caldwell38