NGC 891 is a spiral galaxy seen edge-on, emphasizing its prominent dust lane. Similar in overall size and composition to our own Milky Way galaxy, it is about 27 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.

112 minutes L and 120 minutes RGB on 2014-12-15 using a QSI 583 from northern New Jersey through an Astro-Physics 155mm refractor at f7.1 North is to the left. © 2014.