Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  IC 1537  ·  NGC 55
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NGC 55, Steve de Lisle
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NGC 55

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NGC 55

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NGC 55. Also called the Whale Galaxy. It is an irregular Magellanic barred spiral galaxy around 6.5 million light years away. Part of the Sculptor group of galaxies and a wonderful southern hemisphere target. You can see clusters of young blue stars but not so much the pink star forming regions. Probably need more data.

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NGC 55, Steve de Lisle

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