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Ultra-Detailed Map of Sculptor Galaxy
June 26 , 2025
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- The Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) created the most detailed map ever of this galaxy.
- It was covering up to 65,000 light-years.
- The Sculptor Galaxy is also known as NGC 253.
- It is one of the brightest and dustiest spiral galaxies visible from Earth.
- It is located about 11 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor.
- It is also called the Silver Coin or Silver Dollar Galaxy.
- NGC 253 is a starburst galaxy, currently undergoing intense star formation.
- The new data led to the discovery of 500 previously unknown planetary nebulae within the Sculptor Galaxy.
- The Sculptor Galaxy shares many structural and size similarities with our own Milky Way.
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