Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 253  ·  Sculptor Filament  ·  Silver Coin
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NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy, Earle Waghorne
NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy
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NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy

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NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy, Earle Waghorne
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NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy

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Discovered in 1783 by Caroline Herschel, BGC 253, the Sculptor Galaxy, is the largest member of the Suclptor group of galaxies, in the Sculptor constellation. It is about 10 million lieght years from Earth and about 70 thousand light years across. It is a starburst galaxy, with intense areas of star formation, and is also a strong source of high energy X-rays and gamma rays, most likely from massive black holes at the galaxy's center [1].

This is data from 2021 that I've tried to process several times. Partly there is very little data but also it is quite low in the sky at RoboScopes' Spanish observatory. 


[1] https://science.nasa.gov/ngc-253-silver-coin-galaxy

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NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy, Earle Waghorne