NGC 891 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Andromeda.
From our viewpoint it is edge on. It is thought that this is how our Milky Way galaxy would look from that angle, being similar to our galaxy. Interesting enough, our galaxy would be mostly invisible to anything in that galaxy due to the amount of dust and gas from looking through the thick sections of the spiral arms. Most galaxies that we can see are located above or below our own galaxy.
NGC 891 is located some 27 million light years away. Also visible are many distant galaxies, some only appear as smudges. One of the brighter object is NGC 898, at magnitude 13.8, is in excess of 266 million light years away based on its red shifted light.
Image was assembled from 103 x 180 second exposures through Lum filter, and 28 x 300 second exposures through R/G/B filters for a total integration time of 12+ hours. Imaging scope was the 80 mm refractor and Atik 314L+ mono ccd camera.