Sculptor Pinwheel Galaxy
This is the Sculptor Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as NGC 300. It’s a galaxy in the constellation of Sculptor, roughly 6 million lightyears away. It’s a little smaller than the Milky Way.
- Telescope: Skywatcher Classic 250P 10" Dobsonian 1200 FL
- Tracking: Home built 2 circle segment equatorial platform
- Camera: ZWO ASI533MM Pro, CMOS monochrome 3008x3008 3.76μm pixels, 200 gain
- Integration: 150x10s luminance, 30x10s red, 30x10s green, 30x10s blue
- Calibration: 60x10s darks
- Image capture: OpenLiveStacker on Android phone.
- Stacking: Siril
- Post-processing: Gimp
- Skies: Quarter moon, in an area that otherwise has Bortle 4 skies (Mt Stromlo)
Posted 8 November 2024
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