Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 55
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NGC 55 - Irregular Galaxy, JOAO A MATTEI
NGC 55 - Irregular Galaxy
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NGC 55 - Irregular Galaxy

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NGC 55 - Irregular Galaxy, JOAO A MATTEI
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NGC 55 - Irregular Galaxy

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Irregular galaxy NGC 55 is thought to be similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). But while the LMC is about 180,000 light-years away and is a well known satellite of our own Milky Way Galaxy, NGC 55 is more like 6 million light-years distant and is a member of the Sculptor Galaxy Group.

This image was captured on 2014 October, in Santana de Parnaíba, a little city near Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I have my observatory - Observatório da Serra.

It is captured using Maxim DL6 and processed with PI.

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NGC 55 - Irregular Galaxy, JOAO A MATTEI