[Garyh]

Hi Folks,
I know another NGC 253 and another silver dollar! but I just can`t help myself in trying to ring out every photon from this marvelous galaxy. Also wan`t really happy with the last effort due to average seeing conditions, Also its well placed for a evening shot. Seeing was quiet good and everything went smoothly for the nearly 3 hours of data with the 20D. 28 x 6 min subs at iso 800 plus flats and darks made for a rather late night..
I tried to do minimal processing on this to try to give it the more natural feel to it but I did do some minor contrast enhancement on the galaxy itself. The rest of the image has only levels, curves and a little contrast and saturation followed by minor noise reduction. Still some noise visible but I like it as it is.
Easily my best effort of this galaxy to date...
Cropped and reduced to 80% original size for posting....
All comments most welcome!
cheers and CS Gary