Wallpaper author:
John Tipton
22 Mar 2021
NGC253
NGC253, also known as the Silver Coin Galaxy, is the brightest member of the Sculptor Group of galaxies. It is the fifth brightest galaxy in the sky and lies approximately 11 million light-years from earth. Data was obtained from a Pro Dataset posted on Mar 11, 2021.
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 |