NGC 891
Galaxy in the constellation Andromeda / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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NGC 891 (also known as Caldwell 23, the Silver Sliver Galaxy, and the Outer Limits Galaxy) is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by William Herschel on October 6, 1784.[3] The galaxy is a member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies in the Local Supercluster. It has an H II nucleus.[4]
NGC 891 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 02h 22m 33.4s[1] |
Declination | +42° 20′ 57″[1] |
Redshift | 528 ± 4 km/s[1] |
Distance | 27.3 ± 1.8 Mly (8.4 ± 0.5 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.8[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SA(s)b?[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 13′.5 × 2′.5[1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 1831, PGC 9031,[1] Caldwell 23 |
The object is visible in small to moderate size telescopes as a faint elongated smear of light with a dust lane visible in larger apertures.
In 1999, the Hubble Space Telescope imaged NGC 891 in infrared.
In 2005, due to its attractiveness and scientific interest, NGC 891 was selected to be the first light image of the Large Binocular Telescope.[5][6] In 2012, it was again used as a first light image of the Lowell Discovery Telescope with the Large Monolithic Imager.[7]
Supernova SN 1986J was discovered on August 21, 1986 at apparent magnitude 14.[8]