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- Caldwell 49 Rosette Nebula
- GUM 37 Southern Tadpole Nebula
- IC434/B33 Horsehead Nebula
- IC1396A Elephant's Trunk Nebula
- IC4592 Blue Horse Head Nebula
- IC4604 Rho Ophiuchi Nebula
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- LDN43 The Cosmic Bat Nebula
- M1 Crab Nebula
- M8 Lagoon Nebula
- M16 Eagle Nebula
- M20 Trifid Nebula
- M27 Dumbbell Nebula
- M42 Orion Nebula
- M57 Ring Nebula
- M78 Reflection Nebula
- NGC1977 Running Man Nebula
- NGC2170 Reflection Nebula
- NGC2264 Christmas Tree Nebula
- NGC2359 Thor’s Helmet Nebula
- NGC3372 Eta Carina Nebula
- NGC3576 Statue of Liberty Nebula
- NGC5367 in CG12 Nebula
- NGC6188 Firebird Nebula
- NGC6334 Cat´s Paw Nebula
- NGC6559 Reflection Nebula
- NGC6820 Emission Nebula
- NGC6960 Western Veil Nebula
- NGC6992 Eastern Veil Nebula
- NGC7000 North America Nebula
- NGC7293 Helix Nebula
- NGC7635 Bubble Nebula
- Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex
- Sh2-136 Ghost Nebula
- Sh2-308 Dolphin Nebula
- Simeis147 Spaghetti Nebula
Galaxies Info
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- M31 Andromeda Galaxy
- M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
- M66 Galaxy
- M81 Bode's Galaxy
- M82 Cigar Galaxy
- NGC891 Silver Sliver Galaxy
- NGC1365 Fornax Propeller Galaxy
- NGC1566 Spanish Dancer Galaxy
- NGC3628 Hamburger Galaxy
- NGC4038/39 Antennae Galaxies
- NGC5128 Centaurus A Galaxy
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NGC 891 (also known as Caldwell 23, the Silver Sliver Galaxy, and the Outer Limits Galaxy) is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy is a member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies in the Local Supercluster. It has an H II nucleus.
Object | NGC891 Silver Sliver Galaxy |
Constellation: | Andromeda |
Position: | RA 02h 22m 33s Dec +42° 20′ 57″ |
Apparent Size: | 13.5 × 2.5 arcmins |
Apparent Magnitude: | 10.8 |
Distance in light years: | 27 Mly |
Photo Data | |
Date: | 30.12.2021- 05.01.2022 |
Location: |
Gemini Observatory - Lijiang, China, GPS: 26.867 , 100.217 |
Telescope: | AG10 CDK, f/d 6.7 / 1665mm |
Camera: | FLI Proline 6303, 3072 x 2048px |
Field of View: | arcmins |
Pixel Scale/Resolution: | arcsec/px |
Expose frames/times: | L 31x600s, R 12x600s, G 9x600s, B 11x600s, Ha 7x900s |
Total expose: | 12h 15min |
Filter: | Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Ha |
Mount: | |
Software: | Siril 1.4, Photoshop CC |
Remarks: |
© Photos by Peter Cerveny
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