NGC 891 & Abell 347
NGC 891 Galaxy in Andromeda and Abell 8 Galaxy Cluster

NGC 891 NGC 891  Abell 347 Galaxy Cluster in Andromeda  Abell 347  NGC 891 Abell 8 annotated  Annotated

0bject NGC 891 Galaxy  and Abell 347 Galaxy Cluster in Andromeda
Date November 15-18, 2022
Exposure LRGB   490:145:150:150  (15.6 hours, cropped)
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding Remote guide head with MiniBorg 50 mm
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS6, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, PixInsight
Comments Moderate seeing; acquired with CCD Commander from Animas, NM



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NGC 891 Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda
Date September 28-30, 2013
Exposure LRGB  255:85:85:85  (~8.5 hours, cropped) 
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters (water assisted cooling)
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding Remote guide head with MiniBorg 50 mm
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS5, GradientXterminator, AstroActions
Comments Good seeing, FWHM 2-3


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NGC 891 Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda
Date 9/16 and 9/23/2006
Exposure LRGB  60:25:25:25 (RBG binned 2x2) 
Camera ST2000XM with SBIG filters
Telescope Celestron C8 @f/6.3 on Losmandy G11 with Gemini
Guiding Self-guided
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS2, FITS Liberator, AstroActions
Comments Clear and cool