Seen nearly edge-on, NGC 253 is only 13 million light-years away, the largest member of the SculptorGroup of galaxies, neighbor to our own local galaxy group.
在靠近天穹边缘出现的 NGC 253 距离我们只有 1300 万光年之遥，它是玉夫星系团的最大的成员，和我们所在的星系团相邻。
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which contains a few bright stars but is made up of a collection of galaxies that form the SculptorGroup. Other known galaxies that belong to this group include NGC 55, NGC 253 and NGC 7793.
One group, now calling themselves the Circlemakers, includes situationist artists Rod Dickinson and John Lundberg, the sculptor Gavin Turk, Rob Irving and others.