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Photographer:

Morefield

Location of Photo:

El Sauce Observatory Chile

Date/Time of photo:

11/28/2022

Equipment:

Planewave CDK17, Planewave L-600, Atik APX60 Camera

Description:

At 27 arc-minutes in apparant size, NGC253 in Sculptor, is one of the largest galaxies as seen from Earth. Though it is 11 million light years away, indiviual stars can be easily seen in this image. 16 hours of exposure time equally distributed over the LRGB filters.

Website:

https://KevinMorefield.com