Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cetus (Cet)  ·  Contains:  HD16786  ·  HD16835  ·  NGC 1055
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NGC1055, Georg N. Nyman
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NGC1055

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NGC1055

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NGC1055 is an interesting galaxy, which also can be imaged here in Europe (best in November) It is about the size of our MilkyWay but pretty far away - about 60 Mio LJ. The three very bright stars which seem to be close by, are far way and part of our home galaxy.

Equipment: Sky-Rover 130APO/FL910mm on an iOptron CEM60 plus AtikOne camera. All provided by InsightObservatory.  

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NGC1055, Georg N. Nyman