About Needle Galaxy (C38)

Needle Galaxy offers a subtle but interesting view and presents itself as a diffuse object. It is quite faint.

Current visibility

Right now it is at about 43° altitude and reaches 64° around 09:03 PM.

It stays above 30° for roughly 8 hours.

Galaxies are sensitive to light pollution, fine detail requires darker skies.

Observing tips

It can be challenging under typical skies.

Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Distance

32000000 ly

Size

Season

Spring

Difficulty

Very Hard

Magnitude

9.6