Object:	NGC 4565: Needle Galaxy in Coma Berenices RA = 12 hrs 36 min; Dec =25 deg 59 min
Date & Site:	Imaged on 3/29/14; Little Blair Valley, Anza Borrego Desert, CA Clear; average seeing; fluctuating/poor transparency Temperatures in mid 40s
Equipment:	Telescope: AT8RC (1625mm fl f/8) Mount: Losmandy G-11 with Gemini Camera: ST-10XME; CFW10 with Astrodon LRGB filters; Prime focus autoguided using SBIG ST-10 guidechip
Notes:	Exposures and filters: 80 min of luminance (10 min subs) and 25 minutes each of RGB (5 minute subs) for a total of 155 minutes. FOV =32 x 21 arc minutes   According to Wiki, NGC 4565 is a giant spiral galaxy more luminous than the Andromeda Galaxy and if it were viewed face-on, NGC 4565 would be the most spectacular of the galaxies of its type in the nearby Universe. Located ~43 million light years away Back to Images