NGC 891 (also known as Caldwell 23) is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy (actually barred) about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. [1] -- [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_891 -- HW: NP127is, QHY8L OSC, FS-60C, Lodestar, NJP/JPZ, 6x1200s RGB. -- SW: EZCAP (image acquisition) MaximDL (calibration/ alignment/ stacking), IRIS (gradient removal), Aperture (post processing). This image is cropped.
NGC 898, NGC914 (part of it), NGC906, NGC909, NGC911, NGC910, NGC912, NGC913 and numerous other faint PGC galaxies are visible in this cropped photo. -- HW: NP127is, QHY8L OSC, FS-60C, Lodestar, NJP/JPZ, 6x1200s RGB. -- SW: EZCAP (image acquisition) MaximDL (calibration/ alignment/ stacking), IRIS (gradient removal), Aperture (post processing).
Photo (crop): QHY8L, TOA-130NFB (f/5.4), 5x1200s, NJP, Lodestar on FS-60C
