Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 253  ·  Sculptor galaxy
NGC 253, Joe
NGC 253
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NGC 253

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This galaxy is a large, bright, dusty, starburst galaxy in Sculptor. Ten million LY distance and 70000LY across. NGC 253 is the largest member of the "Sculptor Group of Galaxies" and is also known as the Silver Coin or Silver Dollar galaxy.

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NGC 253, Joe