NGC 891 Edge on Spiral (HV19) Caldwell 23

 

NGC 891 Edge on SpiralGalaxy (HV19) Caldwell 23
NGC 891 Edge on Spiral Galaxy (HV19) Caldwell 23
NGC 891 Edge on Spiral Galaxy Crop
NGC 891 Edge on Spiral Galaxy Crop
Telescope / Lens TEC 140mm f/7 Refractor
Mount Type Astro-Physics 1200
Camera ST8XME
 Filters Astro-Don  LRGB
 Film  CCD
 Exposure 4 hours 5 minutes 245  RGB=45 min. @ -25° C
 Processing CCDSoft, AIP4Win, CCDStack & Photoshop CS2
 Date 9-8-2007
 Location  June Mountain, near Dexter, Oregon
 Conditions 3252′ magnitude 6.2 Skies; Clear & Steady

 

NGC 891 Edge on Spiral (HV19) Caldwell 23

NGC 891 is a great Edge on Galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda. NGC 891 is 30 million light years from earth at apparent magnitude 10.8 and 120 thousand light years across.  At 13.5′ x 2.5 arcminutes, it shows up nicely in medium to large amateur telescopes.

This Edge on Spiral galaxy’s dust lanes are prominent and show nice detail in long exposures. The dust lanes are similar to out own Milky Way if observed from the same distance edge on.  On a clear summer night, the dark rift from Cygnus down to Sagittarius is now given a different perspective.                                                                                                                                                                                        William Herschel  discovered NGC 891  on October 6, 1784, this galaxy is a member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies