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NGC 4565, the Needle Galaxy, in Canes Venatici is an excellent example of an edge-on spiral galaxy. If our own galaxy was viewed from this perspective some 49 million light years distant- the Milky Way would appear very much like this. The dust lane is the obscuring lane of gas and dust that blocks (reddens) the light from the interior. The galaxy below NGC 4565 is NGC 4562.
Image - 5x5 minutes, total exposure = 25 minutes at ISO 800. Obviously, I need a lot more exposure for this object, but it was only a test of atmospheric conditions, which weren't nearly as good as was advertised on the clear sky clock. It was actually rather disappointing, because this is a rather interesting galaxy.
Taken with a Hutech Canon T1i using a modified 200mm Konus Newtonian, a Baader coma corrector with a Baader UV/IR cut filter on a Losmandy G-11 Gemini GEM mount. Autoguided using an 80mm f5 Orion shorty guide scope and an Orion star shooter autoguider. Guiding was less than perfect.
Image taken on 5/18/2012 from Taylorsville Lake, Kentucky.
An old 1950s Kodak I use occasionally when I get bored with my digital camera:
Aside from the frame counter not working, it's actually not a bad camera at all.
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NGC 4565, the Needle Galaxy, In Canes Venatici
