NGC 891

Object

NGC 891
Description

NGC 891 is a striking example of a spiral galaxy seen edge-on. The dark dust lanes through the middle are very similar to the dark patches that obscure the Milky Way. The galaxy is edge-on with clearly distinguished dust-lane. NGC891 has a length of 13-arc minutes and visual magnitude of about 10. It is about 30 million light years distant and comparable in size to the Milky Way.
Objects in image: NGC 891
Image
Scope

Explore Scientific 127ed APO refractor
Camera

ST2000XCM
Mount

Losmandy G11
Filters
Guiding

self guided
Exposure Info

5.5 hours of exposure time (22x15min)
Date

12/18/2012
Copyright

Photo copyright Thomas Kerns, Beluga Lake Observatory