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.
NGC 891 Galaxy in Andromeda. Take Oct 13, 2007 with 5-inch apo refractor at f/6 with Canon 20Da at ISO 400 for stack of 4 x 18 minute exposures. Some haze. Very slight misguiding (used PHDGuide and Meade DSI) Abell 347 galaxy cluster at lower right.