NGC 4565

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 NGC 4565 is an excellent example of an edge-on spiral galaxy. If our own galaxy was viewed from this perspective some 49 million light years distant- the Milky Way would appear very much like this. The dust lane is the obscuring lane of gas and dust that blocks (reddens) the light from the interior. Also notice the dwarf galaxy on the bottom-left of the image. This galaxy is very much like two other notable examples: M104 and NGC 891.

Equipment

20in RC Optical Systems telescope Operating at f/8.4
Paramount ME Robotic Telescope Mount
SBIG ST10XME CCD camera with color filter wheel

L R G B color production was used to create this image.

Luminance = 110 minutes binned 1x1
 Red = 20 minutes binned 2x2
 Green = 20 minutes binned 2x2
 Blue = 20 minutes binned 2x2
  • Two iterations of L-R deconvolution (sharpening) algorithm using CCDsharp were applied to the luminance image.

  • Data was taken through thin clouds.

    • Minimum credit line: Bruce Hugo and Leslie Gaul/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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    Updated: 03/18/2004