Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 253  ·  Sculptor Filament  ·  Silver Coin
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Sculptor Galaxy - NGC 253, BrettD
Sculptor Galaxy - NGC 253
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Sculptor Galaxy - NGC 253

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Sculptor Galaxy - NGC 253, BrettD
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Sculptor Galaxy - NGC 253

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The Sculptor Galaxy (also known as the Silver Coin Galaxy) lies 10-12 million light years away, and is one of the brightest galaxies in the sky.

Considering only 2.5h integration time, and the almost full moon nearby, I was really quite pleased with how this turned out.

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Sculptor Galaxy - NGC 253, BrettD

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