NGC 253, The Sculptor Galaxy

This is NGC 253, The Sculptor Galaxy (AKA Silver Dollar Galaxy). It’s one of brightest galaxies visible in the night sky and is located 13 million light-years away. It’s so bright because it’s a starburst galaxy, meaning that it’s undergoing very high rates of star formation. It’s a very dusty galaxy, and this abundance of cosmic dust feeds the high rate of star formation.

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Planewave CDK24

Imaging Cameras

Moravian Instruments C5A-100M

Mounts

Planewave L-600

Filters

Chroma Blue 50x50 mm · Chroma Green 50x50 mm · Chroma H-alpha 3nm Bandpass 50x50 mm · Chroma Red 50x50 mm

Software

Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

Copyright: Daniel Stern