Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 253  ·  Sculptor Filament  ·  Silver Coin
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Sculptor Galaxy NGC253, Herbert W Hamber
Sculptor Galaxy NGC253
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Sculptor Galaxy NGC253

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Sculptor Galaxy NGC253, Herbert W Hamber
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Sculptor Galaxy NGC253

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Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253

Picture taken with "out of the Amazon box" Celestron Nexstar 8se with Celestron F/6.3 reducer, and Canon T6i (body bought used on Amazon). 

No wedge, no gps, no wifi, no guiding, no filters, 110ac power cord, stock red dot finder, 3d printed bhatinov mask, standard three star alignment.

Exposure time is 10 sec x 138 = 23 min at 1600iso.

Taken on a moonless night, Aug 31 2022, Irvine California USA.

Bortle scale = 7

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Sculptor Galaxy NGC253, Herbert W Hamber