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Maryland, USA
11:37 pm
Sirius EQG, ES 102 FCD, 294MC pro main camera, 224MC guide, ASIair plus, Astromania 60mm Guide scope, CLS filter.
7X300s LF, 7X600s LF, 5X1200s LF stacked in Siril and further enhance in GIMP. Total of 3 hours and 37 minutes.
The Galaxy NGC 891 is an edge-on spiral galaxy bisected by a dark lane.
NGC shines at magnitude 10 and subtends an apparent angle of 13.5 x 2.5 arcminutes. It is located 30 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. At that distance its true size in space would be more than 100,000 light years.
NGC 891 was discovered on October 6, 1784 by William Herschel and cataloged as H V.19.
It is part of the NGC 1023 galaxy group, which are members of the Local Supercluster.
