NGC 253 (also known as the Sculptor Galaxy, the Silver Coin Galaxy, the Silver Dollar Galaxy, and Caldwell 65) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. At declination -25 I had thought that this would be too low for me to capture over the walls of my observatory in Spain, but decided to give it a try. I’m delighted to say that I was wrong- although capturing through so much unstable atmosphere was a challenge. I think this is such a handsome galaxy.
Image captured on my dual rig in Spain.
Scopes: APM TMB LZOS 152 Refractors
Cameras: QSI6120wsg8
Mount: 10Micron GM2000 HPS
Blue: 20×300″
Green:212×300″
Lum: 92×300″
Red: 22×300″
Ha: 2×900″ bin 4×4
Total Integration: 13.4 hours