10/04/2013
Staunton River State Park
Orion ED80T CF Triplet Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Orion Atlas EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion Magnificent Mini Deluxe AutoGuider Package
Canon T2i EOS 550D
BackyardEOS, Phd, DSS, Photoshop CS 5.1
33x180 sec
The Sculptor Galaxy, also known as the Silver Coin or Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor.
Image captured at the Staunton River Star Party in October 2013 and is composed of 33x180 second ISO 800 "light" frames, calibrated with darks, flats & dark-flats.