Wallpaper author:
Jan Scheers
13 Mar 2021
NGC 253
Image of the Sculptor Galaxy (also known as the Silver Coin, Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, or Caldwell 65), an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor.
Used the Pro Dataset, curated by Nik Szymanek
Dataset from which the image was processed
Sculptor Galaxy
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 11.88808 Dec -25.28881
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................20 Jul 2020 - 30 Oct 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 500 | 1h40m | 12 |
| Red | 600 | 2h | 12 |
| Green | 545 | 1h40m | 11 |
| Blue | 764 | 2h20m | 11 |