Digital Photograph of NGC 253

	NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy Photographs by Gary and Kelsey Jensen	$The FSQ-106 Refractor by TakahashiŠ$
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Messier Number: NGC Number: NGC 253 Common Name: The Sculptor Galaxy Constellation: Sculptor Distance from Earth: ~8 Million Light Years Visual Magnitude: 7.1 Size: 25 x 5 arc minutes	Click here to view the full size image.	Date Taken: 9/22/2001 Location: Lathrop State Park, CO Equipment: Takahashi FSQ-106n Astro-Physics 400GTO SBIG ST7E, NABG Exposure Specs: Processed with: CCDSoft Adobe Photoshop v5.0
Photograph Description Discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783. NGC 253 is the brightest member of the Sculptor group of galaxies, which is grouped around the South galactic pole (therefore, also sometimes named "South Polar Group"). The Sculptor group is perhaps the nearest to our Local Group of galaxies. NGC 253 is also one of the brightest galaxies beyond the Local Group. The RASC Observer's Handbook gives the common name Silver Coin Galaxy for NGC 253; it is also referred to as the Sculptor Galaxy. Source: seds.org

NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy