Sculptor Galaxy NGC253 (My first Galaxy)

[Goschencat]

Welcome to my first ever Galaxy pic. :welcome:
Captured last weekend at the Snake Valley Astro Camp, here is "The Sculptor Galaxy", also known as the Silver Coin or Silver Dollar Galaxy (NGC 253).

28x300sec Subs plus Darks & Flats. Using an SBig 8300C Camera cooled to -15deg, Skywatcher Esprit 120ED Super APO Scope on a NEQ6 Mount, Driven by SGP, and guided by PHD2. Stacked in DSS and processed in StarTools. With lots of help...thanks Al :thumbsup:

I'm very happy with the result especially considering this was the first time I've used this camera and the first time out with Sequence Generator Pro (SGP) software. I'm also on a pretty steep learning curve with processing pics too.

https://www.astrobin.com/323501/

All comments and feedback welcome and appreciated. :thanx:

[strongmanmike]

Congratulations Rex, a very respectable first light galaxy image, with an impressive array of software and kit to tame as a portable rig under remote dark skies too, makes it extra cool :). Actually NGC 25 (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/56900354/original)3 was also my very first LRGB galaxy image too, taken waaaay back in 2003 (I was ecstatic with this :lol:) ...yours is considerably better :thumbsup:

Mike

[Retrograde]

Very nice image. :thumbsup:

[Atmos]

Very nice first galaxy image! It looks nicely detailed :)

[Jen]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Very nice Rex :)
You should be very proud of this one 😃😃

[Regulus]

That's a fine piece of photography Rex. Well done.

Trev

(I'm a bit surprised to see what looks like CA around the white stars. Your equipment shouldn't be showing any, I would have thought. Correct me if I'm wrong Rex.
It doesn't subtract from the photo at all. Just surprised enough I had to ask)

[RickS]

Well done, Rex!

[ChrisV]

That's really nice. Way better than my OSC fumbling.