This is NGC 253, The Sculptor Galaxy (AKA Silver Dollar Galaxy). It’s one of brightest galaxies visible in the night sky and is located 13 million light-years away. It’s so bright because it’s a starburst galaxy, meaning that it’s undergoing very high rates of star formation. It’s a very dusty galaxy, and this abundance of cosmic dust feeds the high rate of star formation.

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Planewave CDK24

Imaging Cameras

Moravian Instruments C5A-100M

Mounts

Planewave L-600

Filters

Chroma Blue 50x50 mm · Chroma Green 50x50 mm · Chroma H-alpha 3nm Bandpass 50x50 mm · Chroma Red 50x50 mm

Software

Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

Copyright: Daniel Stern