NGC-4565

Object
Description:
The considerably bright, very large edge-on spiral NGC 4565 is another showpiece for amteurs, and often used in textbooks, as it is assumed that its view may resemble that of our own Milky Way, seen from outside from a place situated near its galactic equatorial plane. According to R. Brent Tully, NGC 4565 is about 31 million light years distant.
Equipment
Instrument:
Vixen Visac VC200l at f6.3
Mount:
Losmandy G11 with MTS3SDI
Camera:
SBIG ST10XME NABG
Filters:
SBIG CS LRGB filters
Comments
Circumstances:
Clear sky, moon low in S.
Comments:
Exposure of 100:40:40:40. L:1x1bin; RGB: 2x2bin.