Needle Galaxy

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Etymology

By surface analysis, needle +‎ galaxy, named for its flat shape and rotation relative to Earth only allowing for a side profile of the galaxy to the naked eye. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Where and by who was this originally coined?”)

Proper noun

the Needle Galaxy

  1. a spiral galaxy, NGC designation NGC 4565, in the Coma Berenices.

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