[APML] New Image - NGC 891

["Kevin Wigell" <kwemail@twcny.rr.com>]

I captured this image of edge-on galaxy NGC 891 in Andromeda from my club's
observatory site in upstate NY last Monday night. I was pleased to be able
to get a decent image with a gibbous moon well above the horizon. This tells
me I can shoot at my relatively slow (f/10) prime focus with a bit of
moonlight or light pollution.

This was shot on Supra 400, not hypered. I did just about freeze to death
that night.

This is a combination of two 60 minute exposures. I had a slight bit of dec
oscillation on my STV on the second exposure, so the stars are slightly
oblong N-S if you look carefully. The dec oscillation is due to a retrograde
motion in my dec drive AFAICT.

http://home.twcny.rr.com/kevinwigell/NGC_891.htm

Comments welcome as always.

Kevin Wigell


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