Astrophoto: NGC-253 Spiral Galaxy by John Chumack

Amateur photographer

John Chumack

took this picture of Spiral Galaxy NGC-253, which is located in the constellation of Sculptor. The telescope was a Takahashi Epsilon 250mm and ST8XE CCD camera, on a Software Bisque Paramount ME, taken on Mount Joy, New Mexico, New Mexico Skies Resort. John operated the telescope remotely from Dayton, Ohio using Arnie Rosner's

Rent-A-Scope

setup. John has been imaging the sky for 2 decades, and has an amazing collection of pictures at his website:

Galactic Images

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