NGC 253

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - GSO 8" RC, with QSI583WSG

Guiding - ED80 with Orion Star Shoot autoguider on Takahashi EM400 mount.

LRGB -170 95 95 90

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in Images Plus and Photoshop CS3

Object - NGC253 commonly known as the Sculptor Galaxy or the Silver Coin Galaxy. It lies at a distance of around 12.8 million light years. It is a spiral galaxy that is nearly edge on to our line of sight.