Date Taken: 10/04/2013
Location: Staunton River State Park
Telescope: Orion ED80T CF Triplet Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Camera: Orion Magnificent Mini Deluxe AutoGuider Package
Other Camera: Canon T2i EOS 550D
Processing: BackyardEOS, Phd, DSS, Photoshop CS 5.1
Exposure: 33x180 sec
Notes: 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.