Deep sky · Galaxy in Sculptor · NGC 253
Galaxy
Sculptor Galaxy
The Sculptor Galaxy: one of the brightest galaxies in the sky, bursting with new stars — found by Caroline Herschel in 1783.
- Type
- Galaxy
- Designations
- NGC 253
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Apparent magnitude
- 8.0
- Apparent size
- 28′ × 7′
- Position (J2000)
- RA 0h 48m · Dec −25° 17′
History
Caroline Herschel was the first woman to be paid as a scientist, and found eight comets as well as several nebulae.