NGC 891 |
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| NGC 891 is one of the more famous edge-on
spiral galaxies, and one of my personal favorites (the other
being NGC 4565), mostly thanks to the dust lane
bisecting the galaxy in this edge-on view. It is overshadowed by
its majestic neighbor M31 in Andromeda, though. I have only imaged this galaxy once so far, mainly because I have been searching for a decent-quality, longer-focal-length instrument to image galaxies with. NGC 891 is reasonably visible with an 8" telescope from light-polluted skies. I have seen it from my back yard, though details are absent. |
| Constellation: Andromeda |
| When Visible: September - January |
| Distance: 10 Million Light-years |
| Date: September 2004 |
| Location: West Chester, Ohio |
| Exposure Details: L: 12 x 10 Minutes binned 1x1 R: 6 x 5 Minutes binned 2x2 G: 6 x 5 Minutes binned 2x2 B: 9 x 5 Minutes binned 2x2 |
| Equipment Used: Celestron C8 with f/6.3 reducer on a Takahashi EM200 Temma 2 mount. SBIG ST-8XE camera with CFW-8a filter wheel and Astrodon LRGB filters. |
| Acquisition Software : CCDSoft |
| Processing Software: CCDSoft, Photoshop 5.0, AIP4Win |