Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 55
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NGC55 in Sculptor, Andrew Lockwood
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NGC55 in Sculptor

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This is an irregularly shaped galaxy that is commonly known as the 'cigar' galaxy. It is classified as a Magellanic type barred spiral, which puts it in the same kind of category as the Large Magellanic Cloud.

At 7.2 million light years (or 2.2M parsecs) it's not quite in the local group, but nor is it believed to be in the Sculptor group of galaxies. It's stuck somewhere in between, along with it's mate NGC300.

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