Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  NGC 891
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NGC891 in LRGB, reglogge
NGC891 in LRGB
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NGC891 in LRGB

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NGC891 in LRGB, reglogge
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NGC891 in LRGB

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NGC 891 is a large barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda. It seems to be of similar size and luminosity to our very own Milky Way galaxy and we see it from the edge on. Along the central dust lane there are many star forming regions that appear as red flecks. The fine dark protrusions emanating vertically from the central dust lane may have been formed by supernova explosions although other theories also exist.
For this image I took especially short exposures of only 15 seconds in luminance to get as much detail as possible, and also threw away many subs that were not optimal. I don't think that I can achieve anything better with my limited aperture of 115mm under the sky conditions that prevail from my city balcony in Munich. But still I'm happy with the result :-)

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NGC891 in LRGB, reglogge