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Sculptor Galaxy, also known as Silver Dollar Galaxy, Silver Coin Galaxy, NGC 253, UGCA 13, PGC 2789 and Caldwell 65, is a Spiral Galaxy located inside The Sculptor Constellation. The Silver Coin Galaxy is a Starburst Galaxy as well to a Spiral Galaxy. Silver Dollar Galaxy is located 11.4 Million Light Years from Earth. Sculptor Galaxy has a mass of about 100 Billion Solar Masses and a radius of 45,000 Light Years. Profile of Silver Coin Galaxy Sculptor Galaxy was discovered in 1783 by German Astronomer Caroline Lucretia Herschel who was the young sister of the famous German Astronomer William Herschel. The Sculptor Galaxy is in the middle of The Sculptor Group, a group of galaxies visible on Earth's South Pole and are about 12.7 Million light Years away from Earth at Maximum. In the center of Silver Dollar Galaxy is a supermassive black hole with a mass estimated to be that of 5 millionfold the size of The Sun.
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