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NGC 253 Sculptor ( Silver Coin) Galaxy
Discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783 the Sculptor or sometimes referred to as the Silver Coin galaxy is a spiral galaxy located at distance of around 12 million light years
At magnitude 8 this galaxy appears quite bright on live view with my 2600MC and 8” newt
Captured over 2 nights ( due to starting late waiting for the object to rise above 40 degrees to get some stable atmosphere)
NexDome Obs
8” f5 GSO newt
EQ6-R mount
ZWOASI2600MC set in Ascom at Highest Dynamic Range Gain 0 cooled to -10C
No filters
65 x 3 minute dithered guided subs
Tracking and Goto EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
Captured in APT
PHD2 Multistar guiding at 0.80 arc sec error total
Subs reviewed in Astap
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7 OSC Linear data set RGB
Comments welcome
Thanks
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