Can time machine back up if the mac goes to sleep?

I started to set up Time capsule to have time machine back up my 2 macs and realized they were both set up to go to sleep after 20 minutes of inactivity. As this is the first backup it will take some serious time so i planned to do it at night. The question is can Time Machine do the backup if a Mac goes to sleep?

The machine won't sleep if it is backing up.
If it does, just set it not to sleep for a few days.

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