Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253)

Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253) — galaxy, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253) in an interactive 3D view of space. See its catalogue position, distance and astronomical facts.

A dusty, near-edge-on spiral so thick with newborn stars and dark lanes that it is sometimes called the Silver Dollar — the brightest galaxy of the group just south of our own.

Type

Edge-on starburst spiral

Distance

11.4 million light-years

Brightest

Member of the Sculptor Group

Explore Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253) in 3D

Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253) is placed in three-dimensional space using catalogue coordinates and an adopted astronomical distance. Rotate and zoom to explore the model. Stellar surfaces, gas structure and dust depths may be reconstructed or illustrative, as described in its facts; this is not live imagery from a telescope.