Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sextans (Sex)  ·  Contains:  Part of the constellation Hydra (Hya)  ·  The star 23Hya  ·  The star 27Hya  ·  The star Alphard (αHya)  ·  The star αSex  ·  The star γSex  ·  The star εSex  ·  The star ιHya  ·  The star λHya  ·  The star τ1Hya  ·  The star τ2Hya
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NGC 55, Bruce Rohrlach
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NGC 55

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NGC 55

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NGC 55 (Caldwell 72).

The second brightest galaxy in the Sculptor Group after the well known Sculptor galaxy NGC 253.

A diffuse, barred, irregular galaxy, it lies around 7 million light years distant, and is thought to be approximately midway between our Local Galaxy Group and the Sculptor Galaxy Group. Thought to be similar to the LMC, only the LMC is more-or-less face-on whilst NGC 55 is more-or-less edge on.

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NGC 55, Bruce Rohrlach