Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 253  ·  Sculptor Filament  ·  Silver Coin
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Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253), Ed Dixon
Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253)
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Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253)

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Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253), Ed Dixon
Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253)
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Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253)

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First cut at an image of The Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253).  Taken on 10/5/21 at the Siding Spring Observatory in Coonabarabran, NSW part of the iTelescope facility.  Taken with a  Planewave 20" scope and FLI-PL6303E  CCD camera.  Taken as 6 sets of LRGB images, each 5 minutes in duration for a total of 120 minutes exposure time.  Processed with PixInsight, and Apple edit software. 

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Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253), Ed Dixon