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NGC 891 - Silver Sliver Galaxy, Michael J. Mangieri

NGC 891 - Silver Sliver Galaxy

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NGC 891 - Silver Sliver Galaxy, Michael J. Mangieri

NGC 891 - Silver Sliver Galaxy

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NGC 891 (also known as Caldwell 23, the Silver Sliver Galaxy, and the Outer Limits Galaxy) is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by William Herschel on October 6, 1784. The galaxy is a member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies in the Local Supercluster. It has an H II nucleus. (wiki)

I remember this galaxy from my days in grade school back in the '60s when I was a avid watcher of the the original Outer Limits series. This was one of the DSO's featured during the ending credits along with the wonderfully eerie music (Dominic Carmen Frontiere).

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NGC 891 - Silver Sliver Galaxy, Michael J. Mangieri

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