Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  NGC 891
NGC 891, Steve Coates
NGC 891
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NGC 891

NGC 891, Steve Coates
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NGC 891

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NGC 891 is an edge-on barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, located about 30 million light years from Earth.

This was imaged using a combination of cameras and telescopes. I imaged the luminance with the QSI 683 wsg-8 and the color data was imaged with a modified Canon T1i in 2011.

Imaged from Ocala, FL

Combination of 240 sec. and 360 sec. exposure stacked in DeepSkyStacker for a total of 5 hours and 23 minutes in the RGB channel

6 minute exposures stacked in DeepSkyStacker totaling 3.6 hours in the luminance channel.

Processed in Photoshop CS5

Imaging telescopes: Astro-Tech 6" Ritchey-Chrétien (RGB from 2011) and Astro-Tech 8" Ritchey-Chrétien (Luminance from 2013)

Imaging cameras: Modified Canon T1i (RGB data from 2011) and the QSI 683 wsg-8 (Luminance from 2013)

Losmandy G 11 with Gemini II

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NGC 891, Steve Coates