Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 253  ·  Sculptor Filament  ·  Silver Coin
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NGC253 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor, David McGarvey
NGC253 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor
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NGC253 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor

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NGC253 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor, David McGarvey
NGC253 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor
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NGC253 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor

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My first ever capture of the great spiral galaxy in Sculptor.  I've wanted to capture this one for a long time, as it's one of the largest galaxies, from our perspective, after Andromeda.  I did some research and found that from my latitude I had a window to capture it low in the southern sky during the Fall months.  I shot this image on the evening of 11/12/23 from my home in the mountains of central Pennsylvania, USA.  It consists of 25 x 90" exposures shot with a Nikon D750 and Sigma 150-500 lens @ 500mm, ISO 2000, and f/6.3.  I was surprised at the level of detail that could be extracted from the data.

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