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.