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This is an image of NGC253, also known as The Sculptor Galaxy or Silver Dollar Galaxy. It is a spiral galaxy about 11 Million light years away in the constellation of Sculptor

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Comment by Bernard Miller on January 3, 2013 at 9:08am

My telescope is in Southwest New Mexico. I live in Phoenix and run the observatory remotely.

Comment by Bernard Miller on January 2, 2013 at 7:30pm

Dave,

I missed your comment. Below are the details.

Telescope: TEC-140 (F7)
Camera: SBIG ST-8300M
Mount: AP900 GTO
Luminance: 14x20 minutes (binned 1x1)
Red: 8x15 minutes (binned 2x2)
Green: 8x15 minutes (binned 2x2)
Blue: 8x15 minutes (binned 2x2)

Comment by Jeffrey P Nunnari on January 2, 2013 at 6:58pm

Gee, only 4 stars? I'll raise it to 5.

Comment by Bernard Miller on December 19, 2012 at 8:50am

Thanks Trevor. I was surprised at the detail I was able to get with it being so low on the horizon.

Comment by Trevor Woodrow on December 18, 2012 at 9:45pm

Oh my. Solid pieceof work here Bernard. Great details, color and so clean.

Comment by Steve Coates on December 17, 2012 at 1:25pm

Excellent work as usual Bernard.

Comment by Dave Lane on December 15, 2012 at 8:48pm

Sweet sweet shot. Great processing as well. What kind of length and subs.

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