Michael A. Stecker
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NGC 891 -- edge-on galaxy |
NGC 891 NGC 891 is an "edge-on" galaxy thought to be similar to our own Milky Way. It is about 30 million light-years from earth. This was a 2.2-hour exposure from my Los Angeles backyard with a 9.25-inch telescope at f/7. file: NGC891-240sX20P3Cel925f7ASI533L-Pro9242023b2a2d.jpg Photographic Data telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 9.25-inch SCT at f/7 mount: ZWO AM5 harmonic mount guiding hardware: SVBony 60 mm f/4 guidescope (fl=240 mm) Guide Camera: ZWO ASI1662MC imaging camera: ZWO ASI533MC-Pro co;or camera at 14-degrees F through an Optolong L-Pro light pollution filter exposures: 240 seconds X 20 (153-minutes or 2.5 hours) processing: Stacked in Asiair Plus and cropped and post-processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements photographic site: West Los Angeles http://mstecker.com/pages/chhouses_fp.htm (Bortle 9 light polluted sky) |