Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 253  ·  Sculptor galaxy
Sculptor Galaxy (NGC253), Stacey Williams
Sculptor Galaxy (NGC253)
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Sculptor Galaxy (NGC253)

Sculptor Galaxy (NGC253), Stacey Williams
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Sculptor Galaxy (NGC253)

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NGC253 - the Sculptor Galaxy - is one of the brightest (and dustiest) spiral galaxies beyond our Milky Way. It is suggested that there is the presence of a supermassive black hole in the centre with a mass estimated to be five million times that of our Sun!

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Sculptor Galaxy (NGC253), Stacey Williams