Astrophotography: The Outer Limits Galaxy (NGC 891)

Have you ever wondered what our Milky Way galaxy would look like if you saw it edge on?   Well look no farther than NGC 891 also sometimes called the Outer Limits Galaxy 

I had taken these pictures last winter, but had been working to process them into the final picture seen below.  I was using a Celestron Edge 8 telescope and I did not get the most round stars in this outing, however I think the galaxy is just so cool.   The picture below is almost 4 hours worth of exposure.

A couple other fun facts about this galaxy are:

• It is a spiral galaxy 
• It is 30 million light years away from us!
• It was discovered in Oct 6, 1784 by William Herschel
• The galaxy appeared in the end credits of The Outer Limits TV show and thus how it got its nickname.

Here are the acquisition details that I used to get this final image the can also be found on Astrobin.

Link:  My Astrobin account with the Outer Limit Galaxy