Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 253  ·  Sculptor Filament  ·  Silver Coin
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NGC 253 - Sculptor Galaxy, Bruce Rohrlach
NGC 253 - Sculptor Galaxy
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NGC 253 - Sculptor Galaxy

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NGC 253 - Sculptor Galaxy, Bruce Rohrlach
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NGC 253 - Sculptor Galaxy

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NGC 253 - the Sculptor Galaxy, almost directly overhead (70 degrees elevation) at local midnight in Melbourne. Two hours of Luminance data (240 x 30 second subs) imaged from Lysterfield. The Sculptor was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783 during her systematic comet searches.

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NGC 253 - Sculptor Galaxy, Bruce Rohrlach