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Observation by Peter Hannah: NGC891

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Peter Hannah

Observer

Peter Hannah

Observed

2025 Dec 23 - 00:00

Uploaded

2025 Dec 23 - 14:33

Objects

The Silver Sliver Galaxy (NGC891)

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Constellation

Andromeda

Field centre

RA: 02h22m
Dec: +42°20'
Position angle: -58°29'

Field size

0°23' × 0°16'

Equipment
  • Planewave CDK14 Corrected Dall-Kirkham telescope
  • ZWO ASI6200 camera
  • Astrodon LRGB filters
  • 10Micron GM2000 mount
Location

Oria, Spain

Target name

NGC891

Title

NGC891

About this image

Known as the Silver Sliver galaxy, NGC891 in Andromeda is an edge-on spiral some 30 million light years away. It is of similar size to our Milky Way.

The central dust lane features perpendicular filaments that extend hundreds of light years from the galactic plane.

Processing this image was carried out in PixInsight. 

Regrettably I have been unable to identify the small galaxy peeping out from behind 891 to its lower left, as none of the planetarium software I consulted labelled it. I estimate it to be around mag 17.

As the above Date entry field does not permit a date range to be entered I have used the date of upload. However for those interested, the imaging run ran from July to October 20205.

 

 

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