Tagged: NGC 0253 - Adam Lundie - Eatons Hill Observatory

Tagged: NGC 0253

Sculptor Galaxy thumbnail
23-Nov-2019
The Sculptor Galaxy, also known as the Silver Coin or Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. The Sculptor Galaxy is a starburst galaxy, which means that it is currently undergoing a period of intense star formation.

Test Shot of the Sculptor Galaxy thumbnail
10-Oct-2015
I was playing around with my camera binning modes in preparation for a dark sky trip next weekend, and ended up with this. Even though it's just a test shot, I think it turned out pretty well. New lesson learned; don't overexpose the stars.

Animation of Sculptor Galaxy Processing Stages thumbnail
13-Oct-2015
Often I like to see how an image is processed from start to finished. Presented in this animation are the main processing steps in sequence from my image of the Sculptor Galaxy