NGC253 - Galaxy in Sculptor

 
Telescope: Takahashi FS-102 refractor @f/8
Camera: SBIG ST-402XE
Mount: Losmandy G11 w/Gemini
Guiding: STV w/250mm lens
Exposures: L: 12 @ 4 min. RGB: 5 @ 2 min.
Processing: Images were focused, captured, reduced and combined using CCDSoft. Deconvolution was done in AIP4WIN. The LRGB composite image was created in Photoshop CS and was adjusted using Levels, Curves, and Shadow/Highlight. Grain Surgery was applied for noise reduction.
Location: My backyard observatory in SE Minnesota. Temp: 37F.
 
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