NGC 891

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"NGC 891 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. "

 

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Date :  October 2013
Location : Backridge Observatory, Spruce Knob, West Virginia

Equipment used :
 Lens or telescope -- Homemade 16" Newtonian with MPCC
 Mount -- AP 1200
 Camera -- QSI 583wsg with Lodestar guider


Acquistion Software : ACP, MaxIm DL, Focusmax
Processing Software : MaxIm DL, Photoshop

Exposure Detail : LRGB combine         Total hours  8.3

Filter

# exposures

Time (sec)

Binning

Red

20

300

2x2

Green

20

300

2x2

Blue

20

300

2x2

Lum

20

600

1x1

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