NGC253 Sculptor Galaxy, Silver Coin Galaxy

Posted: Dec 20th, 2025

Technical Info

Telescope/Lens: Askar SQA 106 мм f/4.8

Camera: ZWO ASI 2600 MC

Mount: Ioptron HAE 29 C

Guide Scope: Askar 52 мм F4

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 120 MM mini

Software: SharpCap 4.0, Siril, GraXpert, Adobe Photoshop

Exposure:

100 x 180" ISO/Gain: 100

Orange zoneLight Pollution:

Adygeya Stanica Dahovskaya, Russia

Nov 25th, 2025

5 h 0 m

Added another 2.5 hours of imaging.
Used the new Siril script VeraLux HyperMetric Stretch 1.3.0 for the first time.

Resolution: 2026x1656 px

Scale: 255 KB

Ryjov Aleksey

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NGC253 Галактика Скульптор, Серебряная монета

20 Dec, 2025

5 h 0 m

Добавлено ещё 2,5 часа съёмки. Впервые применён новый скрипт Siril VeraLux HyperMetric Stretch 1.3.0.

NGC253 Галактика Скульптор, Серебряная монета

31 Oct, 2025

2 h 30 m

Спиральная галактика NGC 253 расположена в созвездии Скульптор. На широте Москвы не поднимается выше 10 градусов над горизонтом. В Адыгее, на 44-й широте, достигает максимальной высоты 20 градусо...

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Buzzard

An interesting, large galaxy, and it turned out well. It's a shame it only rises slightly above the horizon for me. I also liked VeraLux. It works well as a rough histogram stretch before separating stars from the background.

Yesterday, at 10:42 Reply

Ryjov Aleksey Replied to Buzzard

Thanks, but even at 44 degrees latitude, it's no higher than 20 degrees above the horizon. The script pulls out details well, but I don't use star and background separation for most galaxies. I've tried it many times with separation—the result is almost always worse.

Yesterday, at 12:44 Reply

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