In article ,
Adriano writes:
Everyone I know has always called it the "Needle". At least for the last
25 years.

Interesting. SIMBAD doesn't show any name for this galaxy, and I've
never heard it referred to by any name. Neither fact may mean very
much, though. The galaxy doesn't look much like a needle to me, at
least from the images. Anybody care to describe its visual
appearance?

I like David Knisely's suggestion "Berenice's Needle," or at least
Berenice's (something). NGC 891 is a similar edge-on galaxy.

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