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NGC253 - Sculptor Galazy, Pete Mumbower
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NGC253 - Sculptor Galazy

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NGC253 - Sculptor Galazy, Pete Mumbower
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NGC253 - Sculptor Galazy

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I have been wanting to image this galaxy for many years, but thought my latitude of ~42 would make it impossible, I have just proved myself wrong. It took quite a few nights to image this just barely over my houses roofline hitting a peak altitude of 21'55". (~2ish hrs/night) So through a lot of muck and a touch of LP after a meridian flip (Bortle 4/5 skies). All that said, I am really...really happy with the outcome of this with fairly little processing PixInsight WBPP, PCC, UnsharpMask, NoiseXTerminator, and finally some HT/curves. HaLRGB data from the 12"f/4 newt keeps impressing me even if I do not have it fully tuned in/modded.

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NGC253 - Sculptor Galazy, Pete Mumbower