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Object Type: Spiral galaxy
Constellation: Cetus
Magnitude: 8.9
Size: 21' x 7'

NGC 247 is about 12.2 million light-years from our solar system, and is part of the Sculptor Group of galaxies, the most prominent of which is NGC 253.

Equipment: Meade 14" LX200R/STL-11000M/Astrodon LRGB filters/Paramount ME
F-ratio: f/9.5
Exposures: LRGB: L 10 x 6 minutes, binned 2x2: R 10 x 6 minutes: G 10 x 6 minutes: B 10 x 6 minutes: RGB binned 3x3
Date: October 24-25, 2008
Location: Landers, California, USA
Technical Notes: Individual exposures were dithered using Paul Kanevsky's AutoDither plug-in for CCDSoft, and CCDAutoPilot2, and then sigma combined. The RGB image was created in Registar 1.0. A copy of the RGB image was combined with the original using Soft Light to enhance color saturation. The luminance image was copied twice and a High-Pass filter of 2 pixels and 4 pixels selectively applied to one copy each.