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Object: NGC 891 Edge on Galaxy - Constellation Andromeda

Distance: 27 Million light years

Date Imaged:  Nov 7, 2015 through Jan 3, 2015

Date Image Processed: Initially Feb 2016, Revised Dec 2017, Final July 2019

Telescope: Orion XT - 12 and Televue Paracorr (1725 mm Focal Length)

Camera: STT 8300M, FW8G-STT, Operating at -25 deg C sensor temperature

Resolution: 0.89 arc-seconds / pixel

Exposures: 27.2 hours total duration

39 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

30 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

26 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

35 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

9 Halpha - 30 Minute Images binned 1x1 (Not Used)

2 O III - 30 Minute Images binned 1x1 (Not Used)

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