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The Silver Coin Galaxy (NGC253), Alpha Zhang
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The Silver Coin Galaxy (NGC253)

The Silver Coin Galaxy (NGC253), Alpha Zhang
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The Silver Coin Galaxy (NGC253)

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The Silver Coin Galaxy. NGC 253 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, but also one of the dustiest. Dubbed the Silver Coin for its appearance in smalltelescopes, it is more formally known as the Sculptor Galaxy for its location within the boundaries of the southern constellation Sculptor. 

I take this picture 5 years ago with iTelescope T27. Although the blue channel is out of focuse, and because of the AZ mount cause the stars on the whole picture are strange, but the overall color is still good.

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