NGC 5907 Knife Edge Galaxy  
Scope: Deep Sky Instruments RC10c 254mm @ f/7.4 Corrected Ritchey Chretien  
Camera: Q453HR CCD Labs- One Shot Color Camera 
Total Exposure: 3.8 hours 15 x 15 min. unbinned
May 2011: Chico, California, USA 
Comments: NGC 5907 is also known at the Knife Edge or Splinter galaxy. This is a spiral galaxy located in Constellation Draco and approximately 50 million light years from Earth. The galaxy was discovered in 1788 by William Herschel..  

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