- Object Information:
- NGC 253
- Constellation - Sculptor
- Distance - 11 million light years,
- Size - 40,000 light years across
- This bright galaxy is the brightest member of the Sculptor group of galaxies which is thought to be the closest galaxy group to our own Local Group.
- NGC 253 was first described by Caroline Herschel on September 23, 1783.
- Imaged at:
- Mt. Laguna, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, California;
- Elevation - 5,400 feet
- Equipment:
- Optics - Takahashi MT-200 8 inch classical Newtonian reflector at f/4.8
- Mount - Astro-Physics AP 1200 GTO
- Camera - Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) ST-2000 CCD
- Exposure Information:
- August 27, 2005
- A combination six 8 minute exposures for the luminance frame and three 8 minute exposures each for the RGB channels.
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