Galaxy
Needle Galaxy (NGC4565)
In Coma Berenices (Com) • Magnitude 9.6 • 16 arcminutes
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Edge-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices.
Needle Galaxy at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 4565, C 38 |
| Type | Galaxy |
| Constellation | Coma Berenices (Com) |
| Right ascension | 12h 36m 18s |
| Declination | +25° 59' 24" |
| Apparent magnitude | 9.60 |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag/arcsec² |
| Angular size | 15.8 × 2.1 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | 71° |
| Best imaging months | Mar, Apr, May, Jun |
How to image Needle Galaxy
Needle Galaxy sits in the constellation Coma Berenices at right ascension 12h 36m 18s and declination +25° 59' 24". To frame and integrate it well, AstroPlanner will compute the optimal moonless window for tonight from your location, the field-of-view fit against your sensor and focal length, the suggested total integration time given your aperture and sky Bortle class, and a cloud-aware schedule that drops it from the plan if your nearest cloud forecast spike overlaps the best altitude window. As a galaxy, Needle Galaxy needs the darkest skies you can find: surface brightness, not just apparent magnitude, drives whether it will lift out of the gradient.