The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.

— Peter De Vries

NGC4565

This image was taken thru my 8" Meade cass 6-2-11, 51 minutes combined images 20 sec exposures unguided on a CGEM mount, Starlight Xpress CCD. The small blur to the right and above center is IC2571 an irregular galaxy.

NGC4565