NGC 891 The Silver Sliver Galaxy

Started by reconair, 10/07/2019 07:01AM

Posted 10/07/2019 07:01AM Opening Post

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NGC 891 (also known as Caldwell 23 or Silver Sliver 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.

Belmont Observatory 20191004
Scope: FRC300 FL4680mm @ f15.6
Cam: ZWO ASI1600MM-C
Frame Exp: 60s
Frame Count: 223
Total integration time: 3.8hrs

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Posted 10/21/2019 12:44AM #1

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Here is a better effort on NGC 861 after some additional post-processing. I was able to pull out additional detail in the dust lane.

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Posted 10/21/2019 11:42PM #2

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I like the second version better! Nice job!

Eric

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Posted 10/21/2019 11:46PM #3

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Thanks Eric. Still a little bit of a tracking error, but it's the best I can do at this FL and manual tracking.

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