  We present the discovery of NGC253-SNFC-dw1, a new satellite galaxy in the
remote stellar halo of the Sculptor Group spiral, NGC 253. The system was
revealed using deep resolved star photometry obtained as part of the Subaru
Near-Field Cosmology Survey that uses the Hyper Suprime-Cam on the Subaru
Telescope. Although rather luminous ($\rm{M_{V}} = -11.7 \pm 0.2$) and massive
($M_* \sim 1.25\times 10^7~\rm{M}_{\odot}$), the system is one of the most
diffuse satellites yet known, with a half-light radius of $\rm{R_{h}} = 3.37
\pm 0.36$ kpc and an average surface brightness of $\sim 30.1$ mag
arcmin$^{-2}$ within the $\rm{R_{h}}$. The colour-magnitude diagram shows a
dominant old ($\sim 10$ Gyr) and metal-poor ($\rm{[M/H]}=-1.5 \pm 0.1$ dex)
stellar population, as well as several candidate thermally-pulsing asymptotic
giant branch stars. The distribution of red giant branch stars is asymmetrical
and displays two elongated tidal extensions pointing towards NGC 253,
suggestive of a highly disrupted system being observed at apocenter.
NGC253-SNFC-dw1 has a size comparable to that of the puzzling Local Group
dwarfs Andromeda XIX and Antlia 2 but is two magnitudes brighter. While
unambiguous evidence of tidal disruption in these systems has not yet been
demonstrated, the morphology of NGC253-SNFC-dw1 clearly shows that this is a
natural path to produce such diffuse and extended galaxies. The surprising
discovery of this system in a previously well-searched region of the sky
emphasizes the importance of surface brightness limiting depth in satellite
searches.
