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NGC 4565 is a splendid edge-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. The galaxy is about 31 million l-y distant and positioned about 3 degrees from 4th magnitude gamma Comae Berenices in an otherwise fairly sparce portion of the sky. During his visit to Las Cruces and El Paso in 2005, John Dobson said NGC 4565 was among his favorite deep space objects.

NGC 4565 is about as wide as the first quarter moon (15 arc-minutes), so it is a fine object for visual observing. While visible in a modest-size telescope, the 10.6 magnitude galaxy really benefits from a larger aperture telescope.

This image was taken at the 2009 Texas Star Party. Transparency was Excellent; seeing was moderate.

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