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, Bortle 6 zone:

Adygeya Stanica Dahovskaya, Russia

Nov 25th, 2025

5 h 0 m

162

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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Current photo Updated

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.

21 Dec, 2025 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.

21 Dec, 2025 Reply

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