NGC 891

NGC 891 is the designation of a spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. NGC 891 has an angular extent of 13.5 ' x 2.5 ' and an apparent magnitude of 10.1 mag. The galaxy is about 30 million light-years away from Earth and is part of the NGC 1023 group. Due to a mix-up the discovery of NGC 891 Caroline Lucretia Herschel was a long time attributed, in fact the galaxy was discovered on October 6, 1784 by William Herschel. Recordings of the galaxy using the Hubble Space Telescope show their details.

Details of the Centre

Mention this galaxy found in an announcement of the onboard computer in John Carpenter's film " Dark Star" ( " When the dusk falls down on NGC 891 ").