Sculptor Group

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The Sculptor Group is a nearby collection of galaxies in the constellation Sculptor, notable as one of the closest galaxy groups to the Local Group.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sculptor Group canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
galaxy group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs South Polar Group ⓘ
brightestMember NGC 253 ⓘ
containsGalaxy ESO 245-005 ⓘ
ESO 294-010 ⓘ
ESO 349-031 ⓘ
ESO 410-005 ⓘ
ESO 540-030 ⓘ
ESO 540-032 ⓘ
NGC 247 ⓘ
NGC 253 ⓘ
NGC 300 ⓘ
NGC 45 ⓘ
NGC 55 ⓘ
NGC 59 ⓘ
NGC 625 ⓘ
NGC 7793 ⓘ
NGC 7793B ⓘ
UGCA 438 ⓘ
UGCA 442 ⓘ
coordinateRegion southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
cosmologicalContext nearby structure in the cosmic web ⓘ
discoveredBy various astronomers via optical surveys ⓘ
distanceFromLocalGroup about 3–5 megaparsecs ⓘ
dominantGalaxy NGC 253 ⓘ
environment low-density galaxy group ⓘ
galaxyTypeOfMainMembers irregular galaxies ⓘ
late-type spiral galaxies ⓘ
hasSubstructure NGC 253 subgroup ⓘ
NGC 7793 subgroup ⓘ
isOneOf nearest galaxy groups to the Local Group ⓘ
liesInDirectionOf South Galactic Pole ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Sculptor ⓘ
memberCountApproximate about 15–30 galaxies ⓘ
nearestLargeGalaxyGroup Local Group ⓘ
notableFor containing the starburst galaxy NGC 253 ⓘ
proximity to the Local Group ⓘ
observedInWavelength X-ray ⓘ
optical ⓘ
radio ⓘ
overlapsWith Sculptor Wall ⓘ
partOf Sculptor filament ⓘ
local universe ⓘ
radialVelocityRange roughly 150–500 km/s ⓘ
redshiftRange approximately 0.0008–0.0025 ⓘ
skyArea spans much of the constellation Sculptor ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Centaurus A/M83 Group → isNeighborOf → Sculptor Group ⓘ
NGC 247 → locatedIn → Sculptor Group ⓘ
NGC 247 → groupMembership → Sculptor Group ⓘ