Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler     
     
Explanation:
Magnificent spiral galaxy     
NGC 4565     
is viewed edge-on from planet Earth.     
     
Also known as the Needle Galaxy     
for its narrow profile, bright     
NGC 4565 is a stop on many telescopic tours     
of the northern sky as it lies in the faint but well-groomed     
constellation Coma     
Berenices.     
     
This     
sharp color image reveals the galaxy's bulging central core     
dominated by light from a population of older, yellowish stars.     
     
The core is dramatically cut by obscuring dust lanes which lace     
NGC 4565's thin galactic plane.     
     
A large island universe     
similar to our own     
Milky Way     
Galaxy, NGC 4565 is only about 30 million      
light-years distant, but over 100,000 light-years in diameter.      
     
In fact, some consider NGC 4565 to be a prominent celestial     
masterpiece Messier missed.     
     
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| Публикации с ключевыми словами:
NGC 4565 - spiral galaxy - edge-on - спиральная галактика - диск, галактический - пылевой диск - Ядра галактик Публикации со словами: NGC 4565 - spiral galaxy - edge-on - спиральная галактика - диск, галактический - пылевой диск - Ядра галактик | |
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