NGC 253 a.k.a Sculptor Galaxy

NGC 253 a.k.a Sculptor Galaxy, the Silver Coin, Silver Dollar Galaxy, or Caldwell 65 an intermediate spiral galaxy in Sculptor ~13 million light-years away. It is a starburst galaxy, a galaxy undergoing intense star formation. Part of the Sculptor group of galaxies, one of the closest groups of galaxies to the Milky way. The super massive black hole at its center is estimated to be 5 million times the mass of our sun, which seems to have gone dormant since 2013 as per Chandra and NuSTAR observations.

LRGB 1h 30 mins (2:2:2:3x600s) from CHI-1 telescope, a Planewave CDK24 with FLI PL 9000 camera and Astrodon 2nd GEN LRGB filters, situated in the Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile. Part of the telescope.live telescope network. Taken on 20,28 July 2022.

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