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Image Data
| Designation |
NGC 253, Sculptor Galaxy,
Silver Coin Galaxy, Bennett 4 |
| Object type |
Type Sc spiral galaxy |
| Coordinates |
00h48min -25°17'
(Scl) |
| Description |
The Sculptor Galaxy, also
sometimes called the Silver Coin Galaxy, is a beautiful example of an
edgewise spiral and the brightest galaxy in the Sculptor group, together
with NGC 55, NGC 300 and NGC 7793, as well as NGC247 in Cetus. All
are late-type spirals and they form the nearest collection of galaxies
outside of our own. NGC 253 is about 8 million lightyears away.
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| Exposure |
RGB 30:30:48 min @ -18°C |
| Camera |
SBIG ST-10XE selfguided + CFW8
with SBIG/CS Filterset |
| Optics |
Astro-Physics AP155EDFS @ f/7.2
(prime focus) |
| Mount |
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software |
MaxIm DL/CCD, Registar, Adobe
Photoshop 6.0 |
| Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile) - 30Sep02 @ 03:30
UTC |
| Conditions |
Transparency 6, Seeing 5, Temperature
+8°C, light wind |
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