(IAAC) Obj: NGC 4565 - Inst: 16 inch

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Observation Poster: Anthony Recascino <arecasc at mail.ucf.edu>

Observer: Anthony Recascino
Your skills: Advanced (many years)
Date/time of observation: 4-2-10 11pm EST
Location of site: Ormond Beach Florida USA (Lat , Elev )
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 5.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 8 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: 16 inch
Magnification: 24m
Filter(s): 
Object(s): NGC 4565
Category: External galaxy.
Class: 
Constellation: Coma
Data: mag 9.5  size 16x21
Position: RA 12:36  DEC 25:59
Description:
What a beauty in the 16 inch...elongated with dust lane with strong central 
core. Easy to located as the area where this galaxy is located is quite sparse 
with very little background stars...so the galaxy just stands out. I'm 
surprised that Messier missed this one as it is quite bright or at least it is 
brighter if not brighter than many of the messier galaxy's. Any it is a must 
see for every astronomer...it is the epitemy of the edge on galaxy.
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