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Astronomy Picture of the Day - NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge
NASA ^
| 4 Sep, 2025
| Image Credit & Copyright: José Rodrigues (IA, OFXB)
Posted on 09/04/2025 12:03:29 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile, bright NGC 4565 is a stop on many telescopic tours of the northern sky, in the faint but well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices. This sharp, colorful image reveals the galaxy's boxy, bulging central core cut by obscuring dust lanes that lace NGC 4565's thin galactic plane. NGC 4565 lies around 40 million light-years distant while the spiral galaxy itself spans some 100,000 light-years. That's about the size of our own Milky Way. Easily spotted with small telescopes, deep sky enthusiasts consider NGC 4565 to be a prominent celestial masterpiece Messier missed.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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09/04/2025 12:03:48 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list
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09/04/2025 12:04:32 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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posted on
09/04/2025 12:05:47 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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09/04/2025 12:06:35 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: MtnClimber
On edge and edge on. Beauty
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posted on
09/04/2025 12:07:14 PM PDT
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Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: Red Badger
First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di’s clothes. I couldn’t believe it. He took her best summer dress, put it on and went to town.
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09/04/2025 12:10:33 PM PDT
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Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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09/04/2025 12:11:40 PM PDT
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SkyDancer
( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
To: Vaquero
Every time I watch that movie I see something new!................
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09/04/2025 12:14:39 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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posted on
09/04/2025 12:27:07 PM PDT
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No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: MtnClimber
All those galaxies in the background are what numbs my mind trying to fathom it all.
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Views like this really show how mind boggling it is (Pandora's Cluster of Galaxies):
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09/04/2025 12:39:01 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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It really is beyond comprehension. I honestly believe that’s the reason most people pass on even thinking about it — it’s so vast it’s overwhelming.
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09/04/2025 12:58:04 PM PDT
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AnglePark
(My opinion is the most worthless thing I own.)
To: AnglePark; MtnClimber
I think you’re right. How can so many believe that everything we see and every new mystery that’s revealed is the result of random elements randomly zooming around and randomly banging into each other?
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09/04/2025 2:34:52 PM PDT
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AFB-XYZ
(( We have two options: 1. Stand up, or 2. Bend over))
To: MtnClimber
Island universes of their own. Awesome.
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09/04/2025 2:41:55 PM PDT
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telescope115
(Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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09/05/2025 1:40:05 AM PDT
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mitch5501
("make your calling and election sure:for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
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