This was just a real quicky, to fill in a little bit of spare time while I waited for my planned target to get into position...but hey, it is a beautiful and nearby galaxy so, well worth imaging every few years I recon
(last time I did was 6 years ago). I wasn't interested in going deep on this one this time, just a bit of fun
Anyway, unlike for my recent NGC 55 when conditions were very good, the seeing this time was perhaps only a little above average (I'll take that) but I shot this while NGC 253 was low in the sky, which I wouldn't normally do, but given it was only a time filler I wasn't after a perfect result
NGC 253 (click on the image and pan around with your cursor)
And as usual, for the pixel peepers, you can look at the full size, full resolution image
HERE - After having a surf, try shrinking it in your browser to fit it on your screen to take it all in
Mike