The Silver Coin Galaxy, NGC 253, in Sculptor with globular cluster NGC 288 near South Galactic Pole. Taken from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, December 12, 2010. This is a stack of 4 x 8 minute exposures at ISO 1600 with Canon 5D MkII camera on 105mm Astro-Physics Traveler apo refractor at f/5.8 with 6x7 field flattener. Taken under partly moonlit skies and with object getting low in west.
NGC 300, a classic spiral galaxy in Sculptor. This is a stack of 5 x 12 minute exposures at f/5.8 with the 105mm Traveler apo refractor and Canon 5D Matk II at ISO 800. Taken from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, December 2012.
