Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  NGC 891  ·  NGC 898
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NGC891, Almos Balasi
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NGC891

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NGC891

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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.

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