Sculptor Galaxy - NGC 253 Click to view larger, uncropped resolution image: 2400 x 2400 pixels

Telescope Focal Length/Ratio Mount Camera Filters Exposure Binning Focuser Guiding Location Date Processing

AP160** + AP field flattener 1232mm   F/7.7 Takahashi NJP Temma 2 Apogee Alta U16M Astrodon Gen2 LRGB 2.83 hours [50 Lum, 40 Blue, 40 Green, 40 Red] 1x1 Robo-Focus Borg 60 ach + SBIG ST-402ME Eldorado Star Party, X-Bar Ranch, Eldorado, TX Oct 17, 2009 - captured with Maxim DL v4 - aligned and combined in Maxim DL v4 - adjusted in PhotoShop CS3 **Courtesy of 3RF.org

Visible to us in the Sculptor constellation, this galaxy is approximately 11 million light-years away from earth.

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