NGC 55 (Chris Jensen)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sculptor (Scl) · Contains: IC 1537 · NGC 55

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NGC 55 - Galaxy. Captured over 3 nights in mid-September from Brisbane, Australia. Total imaging time of 12.5 hours

Scope - Bintel BT200 f/4
Camera - ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
Mount - Saxon HEQ5 Pro
Filters - ZWO 7nm RGB and LUM.

NGC 55 is an irregular galaxy that is 6 million lightyears from earth. Spanning about 50,000 light-years in width, NGC 55 is seen nearly edge-on, presenting a flattened, narrow profile. NGC 55 is producing new stars. This image highlights a bright core crossed with dust clouds, telltale pinkish star-forming regions, and young blue star clusters.

The annotated image shows the myriad of other galaxies in the image, all much further away, ranging to 100's of millions of lightyears.

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RA (center)	00h15m10s.991
RA (top/left)	00h14m41s.870
RA (top/right)	00h17m58s.952
RA (bottom/right)	00h15m39s.511
RA (bottom/left)	00h12m22s.524

Dec (center)	-39°12′47″.78
Dec (top/left)	-39°45′14″.53
Dec (top/right)	-39°07′57″.53
Dec (bottom/right)	-38°40′21″.35
Dec (bottom/left)	-39°17′23″.50

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