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NGC 55 - spiral galaxy, type SB(s)m in Sculptor
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12" ASA: RGB |
12" ASA: RGB - 100% crop |
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Size: 2000 px |
Size: 2000 px |
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| © Velimir Popov & Emil Ivanov 2013 |
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NGC 55 is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy (type SB(s)m),located about 7 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. Along with its neighbor NGC 300, it is one the closest galaxies to the Local Group, probably lying between us and the Sculptor Group. NGC 55 and the spiral galaxy NGC 300 have traditionally been identified as members of the Sculptor Group, a nearby group of galaxies in the constellation of the same name. However, recent distance measurements indicate that the two galaxies actually lie in the foreground.It is likely that NGC 55 and NGC 300 form a gravitationally bound pair.
(Text adapted from Wikipedia)
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Object details
| Right Ascension |
00:14:53 (h:m:s) |
| Declination |
-39:11:48 (deg:m:s) |
| Distance |
~ 7.2 (Mly) |
| Apparent Dimension |
32.4 x 5.6 (arc min) |
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Image details
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| Center of field RA |
00:15:01 (h:m:s) |
| Center of field DE |
-39:11:01 (deg:m:s) |
| Size |
57 x 42.7 (arcmin) |
| Pixel scale: |
1.03 (arcsec/pixel) |
| Orientation: |
Up is 177 degrees E of N |
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| Charts and image details obtained from Astrometry.net |
| Optic(s): |
ASA 12" f 3,6 Astrograph (ASA) |
| Mount: |
ASA DDM85 |
| Camera: |
FLI MicroLine 8300 CCD camera |
| Filters: |
Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Astrodon |
| Dates/Times: |
7 May 2013 |
| Location: |
Namibia-TIVOLI ASTROFARM, S 23° 27' 40,9" / E 18° 01' 02,2" |
| Exp. Details: |
L:10x10min, R:8x10min, G:8x10min, B:8x10min,, Bin 1 |
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Total Exposure Time - 340 min (5:40 hrs) |
| More details: |
Dark and flat frames reduction, |
| Processing: |
PixInsight / PS |
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| Copyright: Velimir Popov and Emil Ivanov 2013. All Rights Reserved |
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| e-mail: info@irida-observatory.org |
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