NGC4565 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , NGC4565 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:05 (EDT), 67° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:23, 73° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:55, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC4565
Object type Galaxy
Other names
The Needle Galaxy
C 38[4]
NGC 4565[1]
UGC 7772[2]
PGC 42038[3]
Position
Right ascension:12h36m [3]
Declination:+25°59' [3]
Constellation:Coma Berenices
Magnitude:9.60 (V) [4]
16.43 (B) [1]
13.60 (J) [1]
13.20 (H) [1]
12.77 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Scd
B-V Color (mag):-0.81

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