Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 253  ·  Sculptor galaxy

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    NGC 253 - DSW-South, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
    NGC 253 - DSW-South
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    NGC 253 - DSW-South

    Link to TIFF/FITS: http://www.deepskywest.com

    Image of the day 09/22/2019

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      NGC 253 - DSW-South, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
      NGC 253 - DSW-South
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      NGC 253 - DSW-South

      Link to TIFF/FITS: http://www.deepskywest.com

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      Description

      Well known Sculptor. Again, a first....interesting stuff down here.

      Be well,

      -Lloyd



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        NGC 253 - DSW-South, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
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        NGC 253 - DSW-South, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
        H

      D

      Description: Wholesale changes to treatment of background, star color, core color and detail on outer rims.

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      E

      Description: Tint adjustment to halo which tended yellow/green I didn't prefer.

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      F

      Description: I'm done. Really. Just a bump in exposure which I reduced to much last time. Be well.

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      H

      Description: Punched contrast to enhance apparent sharpness at normal view sizes (at the expense of some of the halo)

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      NGC 253 - DSW-South, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)

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