Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people

— Carl Sagan

NGC 891

c23

By marzulloj at Tue, 10/19/2010 - 7:10pm
c23

Caldwell 23

 

Edge-on Galaxy

By ebfaulkner6a at Mon, 10/11/2010 - 7:01pm
Edge-on Galaxy

Edge-on Spiral Galaxy c23 is located between Constellation Triangulum and star Mirfax in Pegasus in the Constellation Andromeda at RA 2h23'  Dec +42 degrees and 20'.  This is a combined 12x5min image for a total of one hour.  Saturday evening in Whiting..