NGC 891 - Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda

NGC 891 is arguably one of the most beautiful examples of an edge-on spiral galaxy in our night sky. It is approximately 10 million lights year from Earth and is located in the constellation Andromeda. The smaller spiral galaxy shown in the lower right of the frame is NGC 898.

Image Specifications:

     •  Instrument:  Takahashi FS-102 Refractor (820mm - f/8)
     •  Camera:  Canon 20Da
     •  Filters:  Hutech IDAS LPS (Light Pollution)
     •  Mount:  Losmandy GM-8 Equatorial
     •  Guiding:  Guidedog Webcam using Vixen 400mm Guidescope
     •  Time / Date :  November 2, 2006, 9:00PM EDT
     •  Location:  Coyle Field, NJ
     •  Weather:  Clear, 40degF, average transparency, poor seeing
     •  Primary Exposure :  22 x 5min, ISO 1600, RAW, average combined
     •  Calibration Frames:  5 x 5min, ISO 1600, RAW, dark frames
     •  Image Processing :  Images Plus, Photoshop CS2, PixInsight