astrophotography astro photo image Sculptor Galaxy, Spiral, The Silver Coin Galaxy ( NGC253 ) - Canon EOS 300D (digital rebel) - 8-inch Newtonian on Samson equatorial mount

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Sculptor Galaxy, Spiral, The Silver Coin Galaxy ( NGC253 )

Size: 28' x 7' Magnitude: 7.10 RA: 00:47:34 DEC: 00:17:32 Best obeserved in September at midnight
Scope:	8-inch Newtonian on Samson equatorial mount
Imaging Method:	prime focus
Camera/CCD:	Canon EOS 300D (digital rebel)
Location:	Newcastle, Australia
Condition:	Seeing: 7 / 10 - Transparency: 7 / 10
Exposure:	stack of 6 frames totalling 34 minutes exposure time using various ISO 400-1600 settings
Description:	images stacked with photoshop, no filters used
Photographer:	Paul Mayo, 20.08.2004 photo ranked: 5.45 with 29 votes (not realtime, last updated: 13.11.2009 12:50)
References to more Photos:	High Resolution Version of this Photo (will open new window) More of Sculptor Galaxy, Spiral, The Silver Coin Galaxy ( NGC253 ) More of Canon EOS 300D (digital rebel) More of 8-inch Newtonian on Samson equatorial mount More of Paul Mayo More of prime focus

If you want to judge the quality of that photo, please... (Be fair and take into account that faint and small objects are more difficult than bright and big ones!)
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