NGC 4565 appears in the constellation Coma Berenices but is around 44 million light years away. It is a very large spiral galaxy, which we see nearly edge-on. It is famous for the dust lane and how its thin shape seems to taper away to nothing at the ends, which are actually extended spiral arms.
The galaxy in the upper left is NGC 4565A and is perhaps 3 million light years closer than 4565. The piece of fluff directly below the center of 4565 but about level with the lower tip of 4565's left end is IC 3571, perhaps 20 million light years further away. Other little galaxies in the image shine from hundreds of millions of light years' distance.
This image is 69x480", about 9.2 hours, through the ONTC-Synta Newtonian at f/4.95, with the SXVF-H9C camera and an Astronomik CLS filter.
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