The Silver Coin Galaxy - NGC 253

[PhotonCollector]

Hello everyone,

Here's my latest effort, the grand southern galaxy NGC 253.

This exposure is a 90-min. exposure (30 x 3-min. sub-frames)
with the EOS300D set to ISO400.

Other imaging details and a higher resolution image can be found
at this link http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/ngc253_page3.html

Hope ya all like it...

And a special thanks to tornado33 (Scott) and H0ughy (David) for
their comments which assisted me in the making the image better
than my original "cut".

[danielsun]

Wow!! Excellent shot there Paul and incredible detail.:thumbsup:
Well done!

[mick pinner]

that is very nice Paul.

[peter_4059]

Great image Paul. Is this taken through the 12" GSO?

[h0ughy]

Yep a pretty ordinary effort (bloody amazing image but don't tell Paul);):whistle::thumbsup::thumbsup ::thumbsup:

[tornado33]

Yep, definately yhe best DSLR image of that object Ive ever seen. The fine mottling of the dust areas is striking and gives it the "taken with a large format astroCCD camera" look.
Scott

[PhotonCollector]

Thanks all for your comments. Yes Peter_4059 this image was taken with my $900 12" GSO telescope, which incidentially impresses me that such a cheap 'scope can produce such good images.

Clear skies

[Tamtarn]

Excellent image Paul..........Crisp detail and really nice colour balance :thumbsup: