NGC 253, The Sculptor Galaxy

[Russ.Carpenter]

I uploaded this image and text to Astrobin this morning. The Astrobin URL is https://www.astrobin.com/full/efgvsb/0/

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The Sculptor Galaxy, NGC 253

This famous galaxy has several alternative names: The Silver Coin Galaxy, the Silver Dollar Galaxy, and Caldwell 65. It’s not easy to find something new in such an easily observed and imaged object. Here I attempted to minimize the distractions in the background and emphasize the galaxy’s interior details. That turned out to be a fulfilling project because the Sculpture is loaded with colors and structures. Be sure to zoom in on this image. This is an RGB image, processed with a synthetic luminance.

Tech Notes for ASA 500/3.6:
ASA Newtonian, 500 mm aperture, 1900mm focal length, F3.6
FLI Proline 16803, 9 mm pixel, 4096 X 4096
ASA DDM85 equatorial mount
Processing with PixInsight, StarTools and Affinity Photo