NGC253

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation- Sculpt0r

Right Ascension: 00h  47m 53 s

Declination: -25° 17' 18"

Distance:  11.4 million light years

Visual Brightness: mag 8

Apparent Dimension:   27.5 x 6.8 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken- Nov. 14, 2004

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- C11 OTA @ f/6.8, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, autoguided with PHD 2.5 or internal guide chip

Integrations-  RGB = 6 x 600 seconds each binned 2x2

Processing- Flats and darks in CCDSoft, aligned, combined, and processed  in CCDSoft and Photoshop CS5