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

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NGC 55

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NGC 55 is an irregular, small(ish) barred spiral in Sculptor.    It's only ~6.5 million light years distant.  

This is a pretty low object for us northern observers.   It rises only 19 degrees above the southern horizon in AZ where this image was captured.

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    C

B

Description: Increased integration time (now 2 hrs, 40 mins @ f/2.2), then reprocessed.

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C

Description: Some decon in the core, plus a slight downward blue adjustment.

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NGC 55, Doug Summers