NGC 891 is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away. Recent high resolution images of its central disk reveal unusual filaments extending into the galaxy's halo away from the disk. It is believed supernovae explosions caused this dust to be ejected outwards toward the halo.

Technical Information       

Date:                       September, 2009

Location:                 Green Valley, Arizona

Telescope:              Takahashi TOA 130F

Camera:                  SBIG ST-2000XM

Filters:                     Astrodon Gen 1

Mount:                     AstroPhysics 1200

Exposure:                LRGB = 205:100:100:100 minutes, all unbinned

Software:                 Acquisition: Maxim DL 5, TheSky6

                                Processing: CCDStack, PhotoShop CS3 with various plugins