NGC 4565 is an edge-on Hubble class Sb galaxy that lies approximately 40 million light-years from Earth. It marks the Milky Way’s north galactic pole, just as Polaris marks the north celestial pole. We view it perpendicular to our galaxy's equatorial dust plane, providing a view virtually unimpeded by dust.  The equatorial dust plane of NGC 4565 is plainly visible and divides the galaxy's central bulge almost equally, with the galaxy's bright nuclear shining just to one side of the dust lane. The spiral galaxy to the upper left is NGC 4562 is to the upper left and galaxy IC 3571 is directly below the core. Multiple distant PGC galaxies are scattered throughout the image.

Telescope/mount: PlaneWave CDK17 on L500.

Exposures: L;R:G:B = 325:120:120:120 minutes = 11 hours, 25 minutes total exposure, completely unguided.