Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  IC 1537  ·  NGC 55  ·  The star 27Ori
NGC 55 - The Whale Galaxy, Andrew Wall
NGC 55 - The Whale Galaxy
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NGC 55 - The Whale Galaxy

NGC 55 - The Whale Galaxy, Andrew Wall
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NGC 55 - The Whale Galaxy

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NGC 55, also occasionally referred to as The Whale Galaxy, is a Magellanic typebarred spiral galaxy located about 6.5 millionlight-years away in the constellationSculptor. Along with its neighbor NGC 300, it is one of the closest galaxies to the Local Group, probably lying between the Milky Way and the Sculptor Group.[7] It has an estimated mass of (2.0 ± 0.4) × 1010 M☉.[8]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_55

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NGC 55 - The Whale Galaxy, Andrew Wall