NGC 891 In Andromeda

NGC 891

Image Details:

Telescope: Celestron 14 @ F11.4 (3975mm)
Wikipedia Notes: NGC 891 is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by William Herschel on October 6 1784. The galaxy is a member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies in the Local Supercluster. It has an H II nucleus.[3] Visually, the object is visible in small to moderate size telescopes as a faint elongated smear of light with a dust lane visible in larger apertures.

 

Mount: Astro-Physics 1200GTO
Camera: SBIG ST-10XME w/CFW-8A & Astrodon Filters
Exposure: LRGB = 80:60:60:60 Minutes (RGB Binned 2x2)
Location: ARGO, Oregon USA
Date: September 2005