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NGC 253 the Sculptor galaxy
Taken September 30, October 20 and October 21, 2011
Ocala, FL
4 min exposures stacked in DSS for a total of 5 hours 33 min
PS CS5
AT6RC
Orion 50mm guidescope with SSAG
Canon T1i (Hap Griffin modified)
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II
Hutech IDAS Light Pollution Sup Edit pression (LPS) Filter

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Comment by Marc Basti on October 23, 2011 at 7:43am
That's nice, I'd be pretty happy w/that under my belt. That streaking, check this out-
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060421.html
Good job, Marc
Comment by Steve Coates on October 23, 2011 at 5:43am

Thanks for commenting guys. I posted a "cleaned up" version of this on my web site.  I have this diagonal streaking that is likely from poor dark frame matching.  I used NeatImage plug in to clean that up.

Comment by Trevor Jones on October 22, 2011 at 9:46am
Wow there's some serious detail in there. Great job on a tough object.

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