NGC253 - The Sculptor Galaxy

 

     Found in the southern constellation Scuptor, NGC253 is a distinctive spiral galaxy and the brightest of the 8 million light year distant Sculptor Galaxy Group and is about half the diameter of the Milky Way.  It is easily seen in smaller telescopes and wonderful in larger scopes.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Optics Camera ISO Exposure Mount/Guiding Processing Location Date
TEC 140 @ f7 Canon Rebel XT (350D) modified; Type 1a filter 800 15 x 5 min G11; ST4 through TV85 Dark Subtract & stack in DeepSkyStacker; Levels & Curves in PS7; NeatImage noise reduction Borrego Springs, CA 11/1/08

Comments: Average to poor seeing.   Quite cloudy that night.  Lucked out and caught this shot through an opening in the mostly covered over sky.  Many frames we unuseable.