NGC253

John Tipton

NGC253

NGC253, also known as the Silver Coin Galaxy, is the brightest member of the Sculptor Group of galaxies. It is the fifth brightest galaxy in the sky and lies approximately 11 million light-years from earth. Data was obtained from a Pro Dataset posted on Mar 11, 2021.

SPECIFICATIONS

Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Planewave CDK 24 (CHI-1)

Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

FLI PL9000

Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Rio Hurtado, Chile

Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Posted on March 11, 2021

Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

L,R,G,B

Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

CCDStack and Photoshop

Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Images curated by Nik Szymanec