Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  NGC 55
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IC 1537 (NGC 55) LRGBH, Tom Peter AKA Astrovetteman
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IC 1537 (NGC 55) LRGBH

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IC 1537 (NGC 55) LRGBH, Tom Peter AKA Astrovetteman
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IC 1537 (NGC 55) LRGBH

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IC 1537, also known as NGC 55, is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy, seen edge on, in the constellation Sculptor. It lies at a distance of 6,500,000 light-years from Earth. It is a neighbor galaxy to NGC 300, and the two may be a gravitationally bound pair. The two are some of the closest galaxies to our own Local Group. Other than that, I couldn't find much more information about this particular object.

This is data acquired by DSW-Chile with the TOA-150/FLI ML16200. When I first looked at the data I thought, this just looks like an indistinct blob. But as I processed it, there's actually a lot of structures hidden inside the "blob". There's a bunch of Ha regions and dust lanes visible, if you zoom in. I tried to just blend enough Ha data in to accentuate the Ha regions without turning the entire galaxy red.

Anyway, hope ya like it!

Tom

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IC 1537 (NGC 55) LRGBH, Tom Peter AKA Astrovetteman