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NGC 253 · Galaxy · Sculptor

Silver Coin

Also known as C 65 · ESO 474-029 · PGC 2789 · Sculptor Filament

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Sculptor

Position (J2000)

0h 47m 33s · −25° 17′ 18″

Discovered

by Caroline Herschel in 1783

Pictures

3

Typical integration

1.3 h

Magnitude

11.11

visual

Size

26.8′ × 4.6′

Distance

~12,000,000 ly

Best months

Sep–Nov

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.