NGC 4565 / Caldwell 38 is an edge-on spiral galaxy. It is 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.
The astrobin link annotates several other objects in the image.
This image consists of 169 3 minute exposures captured over two nights in Feb 2025. A GSO RC8 paired with the ASI071MC Pro was used atop a SW Eq6r Pro.
Session management by Astro Photography Tool (APT 4.60). These exposures were manually calibrated, aligned, integrated and processed in PixInsight 1.92
