NGC 891

Alt. Designations:

NGC 891

Object Type:

spiral galaxy

Constellation:

Andromeda

Distance:

32.3 mly

Right Ascension:

02h 22m 33.0s

Declination:

+42° 20´ 50"

Visual Magnitude:

10.1

Apparent Dimension:

11.7´ X 1.6´

Best Month To View:

Oct

NGC 891 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. The galaxy is a member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies in the Local Supercluster. It has an H II nucleus. 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.