[AZ-Observing] Re: NGC891 in Andromeda

  • From: <sam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Az-Observing List" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:13:51 -0700

Very nice capture, Chris. This, and NGC4565 have got to be the best examples 
of spectacular edge-on galaxies out there.

- Sam

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From: "Chris Schur" <comets133@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:51 AM
To: "Az-Observing List" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [AZ-Observing] NGC891 in Andromeda

> Hi all,
>
> I had not shot this excellent edge on galaxy since my ancient ST8i days, 
> so here's a go with our latest camera, and now my best attempt yet at this 
> enigmatic object.  Of special note here, is that this object has a B-V 
> index of nearly .9, and is one of the most dust reddened galaxies in the 
> sky.  Unlike an object like NGC6946 in Cygnus where the Milkyways own dust 
> yellows galaxies and we have to process the image to help reduce this 
> yellowing to see what the object "really" looks like, this galaxy is 
> yellow because of its own equatorial dust lane material and not from our 
> Milkyway.  So I felt that this color here should not be "corrected" since 
> this is the galaxy's true color and tells us so much about its dynamics 
> and composition.
>
> http://www.schursastrophotography.com/ccdimagepages/ngc891-4.html
>
> Clear Skies,
>
> Chris
>
> Schur's Web Portal: http://www.schursastrophotography.com
>
>
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