NGC253
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
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Comments
It is actually the ninth brightest galaxy, Centaurus A , which I was also working on, is the fifth brightest. Sorry. JT