Silver Coin Galaxy (NGC 253)

Posted December 04 @ 16:00

© 2006 G. Liakos

George calls his image "not so great". I happily disagree.

This splendid galaxy, No. 5 on the Top 100 Deepsky Objects list, lies in Sculptor and can be seen in binoculars, September to February. The first person ever to see this galaxy, as far as I know, was Sir John Herschel, on 20 November 1835, while he was staying in Cape Town. I wonder why James Dunlop did not record it?

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