Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  IC 1537  ·  NGC 55
NGC 55, Jan Scheers
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NGC 55, also known as The Whale Galaxy (or Caldwell 72), is a barred irregular spiral galaxy located about five million light years away in the constellation Sculptor. 

Image acquired with the Planewave CDK24 telescope and FLI PL9000 camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.

Total integration time: 240 minutes
LRGB: 6 subs of 600s with each filter.
Dataset Telescope Live.

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NGC 55, Jan Scheers