NGC253 - The largest Galaxy in Sculptor, Fernando

NGC253 - The largest Galaxy in Sculptor

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This is a barredspiral galaxy belonging to the Sculptor cluster of galaxies. It is distant from Earth 10 million light years, has apparent size 26' x 6' and magnitude 7.2.

Note several small galaxies upthere on the background.

Image composed by 8 x 20 minutes sub-frames in 0.7 arcsec/pixel scale. Taken with a LX-200 @f/6.3 and a ST8300. Guided with an OAG and a Lodesatr CCD.

As I realize that is missing a lot of data to this image to improve noise and the data in it self, I am kind of happy with the result. I will have, nonetheless, another go to the Sculptor Group from my new location soon.

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NGC253 - The largest Galaxy in Sculptor, Fernando