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NGC253

NGC253

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Sculptor
  • Location: RA: 00h 47m 36.0s Dec: -25d 17' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 26.4 x 6.0 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 7.2
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: ESO 474-29
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure: 15 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
3 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: 8/19/04 and 11/10/04
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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