The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

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..