My grandpa imaged the Needle Galaxy over 4 nights this week. He got almost 8 hours on it but we had to remove about 2 hours bringing the total to 6. I love how this one turned out! Lots of detail and color, and all of that has been carefully preserved in the core. It's naturally brighter than the rest of the galaxy, but dim enough where you can still make out the details in it.

To the left of the Needle is it's satellite galaxy NGC 4562. To the bottom right of the Needle is it's other satellite galaxy IC 3571, represented in a small blue smudge, which is confirmed to be interacting with the Needle due to a bridge of material between them.

90x240s lights (6 hours) stacked and edited in PixInsight
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🌌 The Needle Galaxy (NGG 4565)
🔭 Celestron EdgeHD 8" (Scope), Celestron CGEM-II (Mount)
📸 ZWO 294MC Pro (Main)
📅 Jefferson, WI (Bortle 5)
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Astrophoto: Needle Galaxy – Caldwell 38 – 05/24
After a long time without any chance to make use of the galaxy season I was able to capture my 1st set of photons coming right out of the Needle Galaxy. …
https://astrocamp.eu/en/astrophoto-needle-galaxy-caldwell-38-05-24/
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#SkyWatch #Astrophotography The #NeedleGalaxy aka #NGC4565 is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 40 million light years from Earh. It spans 100,000 light years across and is interacting with the nearby galaxy #NGC4562 shown in the upper right. This image is approximately 3 hours of exposures that I captured about 10 days ago. #StillLearning