NGC 253 Sculptor Galaxy ( Silver Coin Galaxy )

[Startrek]

Captured this magnitude 8.2 Southern Hemisphere galaxy under Bortle 8 Big City suburban skies over two consecutive nights

New Moon period
Scope : 6” f6 GSO newt
Mount : Skywatcher EQ6-R pro
Imaging camera: ZWOASI2600MC OSC Gain 0 , cooled to -10 C
Baader MPCC Mk3 coma corrector
Filters : None
Light frames: 289 x 60 sec subs ( every 3rd dithered)
Flat frames : 40
Bias frames : 40
Tracking and Goto EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
Frame focus and capture APT
PHD2 Multistar guiding ( 0.70 arc sec error total)
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7 OSC Linear data set

Attached 2 views , original frame and 270degree rotation

Comments welcome
Thanks

[admin]

One of my personal favourites! Fantastic work.

[Mike in Rancho]

Amazing!

[Startrek]

Thanks Ivo
All the effort and skill is capturing the data
The easy and pleasurable bit is using Startools to process your final image
Thank you for your kind comment and thank you for this incredible software
Clear Skies
Martin

Mike ,
Thanks too for your flattering comment
Cheers
Martin