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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
NGC 4565: Galaxy on the Edge
Explanation:
Magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4565 [ http://www.seds.org…] is viewed edge-on [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] for its narrow profile, bright NGC 4565 is a stop on many springtime telescopic tours of the northern sky as it lies in the faint but well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices [ http://www.dibonsmi…]. This sharp color image [ http://www.noao.edu…] reveals the galaxy's bulging central core dominated by light from a population of older, yellowish stars. The core is dramatically cut by obscuring dust lanes which lace NGC 4565's thin galactic plane. A large island universe [ http://nedwww.ipac.…Gordon/Gordon2.html ] similar to our own Milky Way Galaxy [ http://cassfos02.uc…], NGC 4565 is only about 30 million light-years distant, but over 100,000 light-years in diameter. In fact, some consider NGC 4565 to be a prominent celestial masterpiece Messier missed [ http://www.seds.org…WASP/wasp_mmm.html#8 ].
Credit and Copyright:
Bruce Hugo and Leslie Gaul, Adam Block [ mailto:ablock@noao.e du ] (KPNO Visitor Program [ http://www.noao.edu…]),
NOAO [ http://www.noao.edu/], AURA [ http://www.aura-ast…], NSF [ http://www.nsf.gov/]
facet_where:
NGC 4565
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Aura
facet_what:
LACE
facet_what:
New General Catalogue (NGC)
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap040409

NGC 4565: Galaxy on the Edge
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