NGC 253 (الفهرس العام الجديد) IRAS 00450-2533 (IRAS) IRAS F00450-2533 (IRAS) PGC 2789 (فهرس المجرات الرئيسية)[1] 2MASX J00473313-2517196 (Two Micron All-Sky Survey, Extended source catalogue) MCG-04-03-009 (فهرس المجرات الموروفولوجي) ESO 474-29 (فهرس المرصد الأوروبي الجنوبي) UGCA 13 (Uppsala General Catalogue Addendum) 1ES 0045-25.5 (Einstein Slew survey, Version No. 1) 1RXS J004733.3-251722 (1RXS) 6dFGS gJ004733.1-251719 (6dF Galaxy Survey) AGC 20535 (Arecibo General Catalog) ESO-LV 474-0290 (The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies) HIPASS J0047-25 (HIPASS) MRC 0045-255 (Molonglo Reference Catalogue of Radio Sources) NVSS J004733-251717 (NRAO VLA Sky Survey) PSCz Q00450-2533 (كتالوج PSCz) RAFGL 5038 (The Revised AFGL (RAFGL) catalogue) RBS 112 (ROSAT All-Sky Survey Bright Source Catalogue) SGC 004507-2533.9 (كتالوج جنوب غالاكسي) LEDA 2789 (ليون-ميودون قاعدة بيانات خارج المجرة) 3FHL J0047.6-2517 (3FHL: The Third Catalog of Hard Fermi-LAT Sources) DUGRS 474-001 (The Durham/UKST galaxy redshift survey - V. The catalogue) INTREF 36 (High-energy sources before INTEGRAL. INTEGRAL reference catalog) MSH 00-2-22 (Catalogue of radio sources in the Galactic plane) OHIO B -275 (A High-Sensivity Survey of the North Polar Galactic Region at 1415 MHz) PKS 0045-25 (The Parkes catalogue of radio sources. Declination zone +20 to +27) PKS J0047-2517 (The Parkes catalogue of radio sources. Declination zone +20 to +27) PKS 0045-255 (The Parkes catalogue of radio sources. Declination zone +20 to +27) RX J004731-25175 (X-ray survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud by ROSAT) [DML87] 570 (Warm IRAS sources. I. A catalogue of AGN candidates from the point source catalog) RX J0047.5-2517 (X-ray survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud by ROSAT) 2FGL J0047.0-2516 (Fermi Large Area Telescope second source catalog) [NKB95] N0253 (A radio continuum survey of Shapley-Ames Galaxies at {lambda}2.8 cm. I. Atlas of radio data) 3FGL J0047.5-2516 (Fermi Large Area Telescope third source catalog)
اكتشف فريق دولي من الباحثين وباستخدام تلسكوب سوبارو مجرة قزمة خافتة تتفاعل وتدور حول 253 NGC. وسميت إن جي سي 253 DW2[10] وهذا التفاعل المجري هو المسؤول عن شكل وبنية إن جي سي 253 الحالي.[11]
^Dreyer, J. L. E. (1888). "A New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, being the Catalogue of the late Sir John F.W. Herschel, Bart., revised, corrected, and enlarged". Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society. ج. 49: 1–237. Bibcode:1888MmRAS..49....1D.
^Karachentsev, Igor D.؛ Karachentseva, Valentina E.؛ Huchtmeier, Walter K.؛ Makarov, Dmitry I. (2003). "A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. ج. 127 ع. 4: 2031–2068. Bibcode:2004AJ....127.2031K. DOI:10.1086/382905.