The Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565)

Posted by AntonFarm
on Thursday, October 24, 2013

The NGC 4565 Galaxy is also known with the name Needle Galaxy because of its narrow profile, but it is a spiral galaxy. The galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is about 30 million light years away from us and has a diameter of 100,000 light years. For technical details look here : http://astrofarma.gr/en/ngc4565

Farmakopoulos Antonis

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