NGC 891 (UGC 1831) Galaxy in Andromeda
Located at: RA 02 hours 22 minutes 33 seconds, Dec +42 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds
Size: 14.3' x 2.4'; Magnitude: 10.8 blue; Class: SA(s)b? sp
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 860 minutes (86 x 10 minute subs), 11/6/8/13/2009; seeing 2.2-3.4 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.6.0.5, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
From the
NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 891 NGC 0891 = UGC 01831 = MCG +07-05-046 = CGCG 538-052 = PGC 09031 02 22 33.4 +42 21 03 V = 9.9; Size 13.5x2.5; SB = 13.6; PA = 22d 17.5" (8/31/86): bright, extremely large, edge-on 5:1 SSW-NNE, 10'x2'. A striking dust lane bisects the galaxy and is most prominent through the bulging central region. 13" (9/11/82): dust lane visible with averted. 8": fairly bright, large, edge-on, central bulge. - by Steve Gottlieb |