NGC 891 - edgy (Ian Dixon)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Andromeda (And) · Contains: NGC 891 · TYC2839-1024-1 · TYC2839-1067-1 · TYC2839-1172-1 · TYC2839-1258-1 · TYC2839-1273-1 · TYC2839-146-1 · TYC2839-1501-1 · TYC2839-1960-1 · TYC2839-220-1 · TYC2839-300-1 · TYC2839-326-1 · TYC2839-592-1 · TYC2839-666-1 · TYC2839-758-1 · TYC2839-80-1 · TYC2839-859-1 · TYC2839-886-1 · TYC2839-969-1

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NGC 891 - edgy

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NGC 891 - edgy

NGC 891 or Caldwell 23 is an interesting edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy, that was recommended to me as I began last night to explore the eastern sky with my C8 at its native focal length. This galaxy is located in Andromeda and is part of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies. I have never tried this one visually but it would be well within the range of my dobsonian.

I enjoyed the company of Dave and two Kevins - our usual band of astro friends out at Sandilands provincial park, about an hour east of my city.

Unusually warm weather, clear skies and lack of mosquitoes made this a great outing.

If you look through the frame you might find some tiny background galaxies.

Thanks for looking!

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Description: This is a starless version created in Pixinsight. It has a bunch of artifacts, but I am not skilled enough to remove those. :). I would like to learn how to blend in some stars so that the image looks more normal. Hopefully this can be done in pixinsight...

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RA (center)	02h22m40s.687
RA (top/left)	02h22m56s.154
RA (top/right)	02h24m28s.856
RA (bottom/right)	02h22m25s.510
RA (bottom/left)	02h20m53s.163

Dec (center)	+42°20′05″.68
Dec (top/left)	+41°57′09″.36
Dec (top/right)	+42°31′40″.40
Dec (bottom/right)	+42°42′58″.100
Dec (bottom/left)	+42°08′22″.15

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