NGC 55 in Sculptor
NGC55, an irregular barred spiral (type SBm) in the constellation Sculptor, is seen nearly edge-on in this pohotgraph. One of the closer galaxies outside our Local Group, at about 7.5 million light-years, it is part of the Sculptor Cluster of galaxies. CTIO 4-meter Blanco telescope, 1975.
Credit:NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
| Id: | noao-02331 |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:33 p.m. |
| Size: | 2500 x 2000 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 0 14 40.40 |
| Position (Dec): | -39° 19' 18.96" |
| Field of view: | 37.20 x 29.88 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 179.1° left of vertical |
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