| NGC891 / Galaxy, type SA(s)b? sp III |
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| R.A. | 02h 22m 36.0s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +42° 21' 00" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 13.5×2.8' |
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| Radial Velocity | +713km/s |
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| Magnitude | 10.0 |
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| Distance | 32 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | NGC1023 Group |
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| Other IDs | UGC1831, MCG7-5-46,
CGCG538-52, PGC09031 |
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NGC891 is a small galaxy in Andromeda, positioned at about 4 degrees east of gamma Andromedae.
The galaxy is being edge-on with clearly distinguished dust-lane in large telescopes.
NGC891 has a length of 13-arc minutes and visual magnitude of about 10, it's fairly hard to detect its spindle shape with naked eyes.
The galaxy can hardly be paid attention because the constellation has a representative object of The Andromeda galaxy (M31) in autumn skies.
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