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Amateur Astronomer Discovered a New Galaxy!


Ccolvin968

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Here's the link to the article:

http://www.iflscience.com/space/nearby-galaxy-discovered-backyard-telescope

The previously undiscovered galaxy was discovered by NGC 253 when an astrophotographer was taking pictures of it. He noticed something wasn't quite right. The galaxy has been confirmed to exist by the Chilean 8.2m telescope. It has been named NGC 253-dw2. This just goes to show that this is one of few hobbies that amateurs can still contribute a good amount to science. Hope you enjoy the article!

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Here's a link to, what I believe, is his galley / blog on phase, including a link to his paper. A really insightful article to read - and remarkably affirming for him (many congratulations if you read this)!

I suspect we rarely get to see Sculptor in the UK?

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/new_galaxy_discovered

It is very low in the sky. Even in Southern France and Tuscany, NGC 253 doesn't rise very high

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