Sil­ver Coin Galaxy (NGC 253) and  NGC 288

The Sil­ver Coin Galaxy, also known as NGC 253 or Cald­well 65 is one of the finest galax­ies that can be observerd. The mag­ni­fi­cient galaxy was dis­covered by Cal­or­ine Her­schel 1783 and is the bright­est mem­ber of the Sculptor Group of galax­ies at a dis­tance of 9.8 mil­lion light-years.

In the same wide field, we can find glob­u­lar cluster NGC 288 at the lower left. North is up in this image.

Details

Tele­scope:
Taka­hashi FSQ-106EDX III
Mount:
10Micron GM2000 HPSII
Cam­era:
QHY600M-PH
Fil­ters:
Astro­don Gen2
Expos­ure:
LRGB 590:340:320:285 min.
Loc­a­tion:
San Pedro de Atacama — Chile
Author:
© Mar­tin Ruster­holz, Astrophotographer

Find­er Chart Sil­ver Coin Galaxy (NGC253) in Sculptor

NGC 253 Galaxy Sky Chart Astrophotography Martin Rusterholz

Image cre­ated by Skychart

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About Me

Hello, my name is Martin Rusterholz. I’m a Swiss amateur astrophotographer living near Zurich, the biggest town in Switzerland. My interest in astronomy started when I was 16. At that time, I built my first Newtonian telescope and mount. I studied physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) which was the only study including at least some aspects of astronomy and astrophysics. “Looking at the nights sky is an experience touching everybody deeply inside, something common to all human beings independent to the language spoken by the individuals”. Deep-sky astrophotography is my passion.

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