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NGC891 (Galaxy, in Andromeda, Est. RaDec 2h23m, +42d21' )
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 80-mm refractor Location: Cherry Springs State Park, PA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sun Sep 8 04:20:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 683
Somewhat to my suprise I was able to detect the fairly low surface brightness (13.7 magnitudes per square arc minute), edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891 as a small and dim streak with my Orion ShortTube 80 achromat, which has a clear aperture of something like 76mm, working at 21x (19mm Panoptic) and 44x (9mm Nagler type 6) under the very dark and transparent skies of the 2002 Black Forest Star Party. An image of this object is available at http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/n0891.html
NGC891 (Galaxy, in Andromeda, Est. RaDec 02h23m +42)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Tue Nov 28 20:03:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 572
Not easy due to the low surface brightness but once found the view appears 3-D as the galaxy floats behind the numerous field stars. The dust-lane wasn't easy but could be seen with averted vision. With my 16" the dust lane was obvious.
NGC891 (Galaxy, in Andromeda, Est. RaDec -)
Observer: Eero Holmstrm (e-mail: holmerkki@altavista.net, web: http://www.fda.iwarp.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Pernajan kirkonkyl, Pernaja, Finland
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Jan 31 21:40:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 505
Very faint at 38x, the elognated shape was clear though.
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