Object: NGC 247
NGC 247 lies about 11 million light years from Earth and span nearly 70,000 light years across. It belongs to the Sculptor Group of galaxies, which includes the beautiful oblique spiral NGC 253.
Total exposure time was 13 hours 30 minutes. This image is the result of a collaborative effort between Howard Hedlund of Astro-Physics, Inc. and Dave Jurasevich.
- Team: Dave Jurasevich and Howard Hedlund
- Filters: Tru-Balance LRGB filter set - Gen 2
- Exposure: L 30 x 900 sec 1x1 bin; RGB 12 ea x 600 sec, 1x1 bin
- Date: August 2016
- Software: CCDStack 2, Photoshop CS5