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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: 6.9 / 10 - Transparency: 6.5 / 10 Exposure: cropped image from 5 frames of 5 mins. (at ISO400) stacked with 2 frames of 5 mins. each (ISO800) stacked with 2 frames of 5 mins. each ISO1600 Description: images stacked with photoshop, no filters used, Luminous objects at core of Sculptor Galaxy Photographer: Paul Mayo, 20.08.2004 photo ranked: 5.39 with 21 votes (not realtime, last updated: 13.11.2009 12:50) References to more Photos: 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!) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] © 1997 - 2010 astroscopic labs for design and web programming - photo or article is copyrighted by the photographer or author, respectively