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The Needle Galaxy in the Constellation Coma Berenices. Seestar S30 in EQ mode. 45x 30 sec subs. Image Credit: Pip Stakkert. |
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Credit: Astrometry Net |
"Only captured 45 subs as the moonlight was a problem. The Needle Galaxy is estimated to be between 30 and 50 million light years distant from Earth. It is a spiral galaxy, some 176 light years across, with an obvious central bulge". - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.
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