NGC 891 - An edge-on galaxy

NGC891

Acquisition
Date/Time: 2010/10/09 @ 22:18 EDT (2010/10/10 02:18 UTC).
Light Frames: 15 frames x 120 seconds @ 800 ISO (total = 30 minutes).
Dark Frames: 10 frames x 120 seconds @ 800 ISO (total = 20 minutes).
Instrument: Celestron 8 @ f/6.3 (Hirsch Focal Reducer), Canon Rebel Xs (not modified).
Filtering: No filtering.
Instrument: Orion 80 Short Tube @ f/5, Orion StarShoot Auto-guider and PHD Guiding.Location: Hemmingford, QC, Canada (LO = -73 35 12  LA = 45 03 01).


Conditions
Transparency: 3/5
Turbulence: 2.5/5


Processing
Processed with DeepSky Stacker, the Gimp and NeatImage.


Comments
Faint edge-on galaxy in Andromeda. Magnitude is 11.2. Quite happy to have caught this one.
Also look for NGC 898 in the upper-left quadrant.