The “Sculptor Galaxy” (or slightly less familiar – “Silver Coin” galaxy) is one of the most bright and striking galaxies, coming second only after objects like M31, M33, M81. It’s a close, large (almost as large as the Moon), and almost edge-on spiral galaxy. In the eyepiece – the “Sculptor” has a long elliptical shape, and slightly assymetrical. Several darker and brighter filaments are clearly visible around the brighter central part, even in moderate instruments.
Object Name : NGC 253 – the Sculptor Galaxy .
Object Type : Spiral galaxy.
Location: Negev desert, Israel, ~6.7 mag. sky.
Date: 5-6/08/2011 ; 03:30.
Instrument: 200mm F/5 Orion (US) Newtonian, 13mm Vixen LVW eyepiece.
Media Graphite pencil sketch on a white paper. Inverted and processed in Photoshop.
Beautiful Michael, great detail for an 8″ as a result of superb skies.
I struggle with this from 52 deg north so thanks for sharing.
Dale UK
Michael
Yes, nice detail and very realistic.
Really great sketch! Thanks, man.
Michael,
Wonderful sketch of this nearly edge on galaxy.
I like the detail in this dusty galaxy sketch.
Frank