NGC 891
Object: NGC 891
Optics: Planewave CDK 12.5" f/8.0
Idas LPS filter
Camera: SBIG SBIG ST-10
CCD temperature: -20°C
Exposure: 2X2 L-75min(15X5m), R-90min(16X5m), G-(R+B)/2, B-90min(18X5m)
Mount: Takahashi EM-400
Image processing: Maxim DL, PhotoshopCS4
Quebec, Qc,
Canada
Nov 3, 2010
NGC 897 is a 10th magnitude edge-on spiral galaxy at a distance of thirty million light years. It was discovered by William Herschel on October 6, 1784 in the constellation of Andromeda.