NGC 253 Sculptor Galaxy

The Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is located about 11.4 million light-years from Earth.

Image Details
Camera STL-11000M
Scope AT12 IN
Mount Paramount ME
Guiding Selfguide, 10 sec, Bin 2x2
Exposure LRGB 540:170:130:120 (total 16 hours)
Location Donvale
Date 2011-10-19
Coordinates RA: 00h 47m 42s
DEC: -25° 17' 26"
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NGC 253 Sculptor Galaxy

Annotations generated from the plate solve · OpenNGC · Sharpless · RCW · LBN · HYG