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NGC891

NGC891

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Andromeda
  • Location: RA: 02h 22m 36.0s Dec: +42d 21' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 13.1 x 2.8 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 9.9
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: ugc 1831
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure: 19 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
6 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: 11/17/04
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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