"The Magnificent galaxy NGC 4565 is about 40 million light years distant, also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38, is the largest edge-on spiral galaxy in the night sky. It is quite similar to our Milky Way, although NGC 4565 is slightly more massive (our Galaxy has a mass of about eight hundred billion suns)." MYT Paramount mount SCT C8 F/10 Telescope SBIG 10-XME CCD camera (L-filter) 40x5 minutes (Total integration time 3hours 30minutes) Orion mini Guider PI / PS / MaximDL Midland Texas (my backyard-red zone)