Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 300
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NGC 300 - a prominente member of the Sculptor Galaxy Group, Herbert Walter
NGC 300 - a prominente member of the Sculptor Galaxy Group
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NGC 300 - a prominente member of the Sculptor Galaxy Group

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NGC 300 - a prominente member of the Sculptor Galaxy Group, Herbert Walter
NGC 300 - a prominente member of the Sculptor Galaxy Group
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NGC 300 - a prominente member of the Sculptor Galaxy Group

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IAS - International Amateuersternwarte e.V. - Hakos Observatory, Namibia 
Image acquisition by Martin Junius // Image processing by Herbert Walter

L 27 / R 27 / G 26 / B 27 x 120s  (3h32min)

NGC 300 is located in the inconspicuous constellation Sculptor and a prominent member of the "Sculptor group of galaxies".
Its diameter is 94,000 light-years, which is slightly smaller than our Milky Way. With a distance of  6 Mly, it is one of the closest galaxies to us in the southern sky and already easy to spot with binoculars.

https://www.skypixels.at/ngc300_IAS_info.html

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