The Silver Coin

[Paul Haese]

This object has been on my re-image list for several years now. The last time I imaged this object was nearly three years ago and I was not happy with the result. The stars were elongated and the colour was not great despite the 7.5 hours of data that I had captured.

This image while early days might well be my last chance to image this object this year. If I get more data on it then I will certainly rework the data but despite the noise present I think this image works well.

Teh sculptor galaxy or silver coin as it is known is located in constellation of the Sculptor at a distance of between 11.4 and 12.8 million light years. It is a galaxy which is undergoing violent star formation. A wonderful galaxy to view through a large telescope it has good surface brightness due to its angle to us.

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Critique is welcomed.

[Poita (Peter)]

Nothing to say except it looks a lot bloody better than my efforts from a couple of months ago!
I like the colour a lot.
What is that odd slightly blobby looking star at abour 2 O'Clock in the image?

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Very yummy Paul. Plenty of crisp detail and a sweet little sprinkling of back ground galaxies to top it off. Thanks for the view.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Looks alright Paul, certainly a good test image and a solid NGC 253 too

Mike

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Very nice!

[Paul Haese]

Thanks all for the comments.

Originally Posted by Poita

What is that odd slightly blobby looking star at abour 2 O'Clock in the image?

Not sure but I would say it is a galaxy behind a star. I checked Jason's image of the same object and he has captured it too and that was taken some time ago.

[Iain.k (Iain)]

Simply beautiful!

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

A great image there Paul, I like how one can really sense that the lower left half of the galaxy is indeed closer to us. Lovely colours too, thanks for the view

[atalas]

Very nice indeed Paul.

[Ric]

Great image Paul

There's a lot of lovely detail in that image.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

That's a very competent NGC 253 Paul. Extremely good considering the short exposures.

Cheers

Steve

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Nice one!!

Took me an hour to find this beast last weekend. I'm very out of practise when it comes to deep sky observing

And hello Paul! I saw your award-winning Jupiter shots on show at Scienceworks museum in Melbourne with my step niece some months ago. Congratulations!!

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Bit of noise in the faint parts but a great image nevertheless. Just bursting with detail and colour and big image scale.

[gregbradley]

That's a great Scupltor Paul. Beautifully processed.

You got your guiding issues nicely sorted I see.

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys for all the comments.