Black eye and Needle

A lovely clear night. I tried a few targets but settled on a pair of galaxies that I had seen someone else had imaged recently and looked quite interesting. I also had a look at two spectacular targets, the Needle Galaxy and the Black Eye galaxy/ Everything was taken at ISO 1600, with 240 or 300s subs.

M64 Black Eye Galaxy

Messier 65 The Black Eye Galaxy

Wikipedia: The Black Eye Galaxy (also called Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy located 17 million light years away in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779, and independently by Johann Elert Bode in April of the same year, as well as by Charles Messier in 1780. A dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus gave rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy.

NGC 4565 The Needle Galaxy

The Needle Galaxy NGC 4565

Wikipedia: NGC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.  It lies close to the North Galactic Pole and has a visual magnitude of approximately 10. It is known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile. First recorded in 1785 by William Herschel, it is a prominent example of an edge-on spiral galaxy.

NGC 5908 and NGC 5905

NGC 5908 and NGC 5905

Located in the constellation of Draco, NGC 5905 and NGC 5908 are two spiral galaxies that are relatively near to each other. NGC 5905, in the upper-left corner, is seen face-on; whereas NGC 5908, in the lower middle is seen edge-on. NGC 5908 looks remarkably similar to M104, the Sombrero Galaxy. The many bright, stars in the image are stars within our own galaxy. At an estimated distance of 140 million light years away, NGC 5908 has a fairly small bulge.