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Edge-on galaxy NGC 55 in Sculptor

author: ESO/Novapix

reference: a-gax00-55004

Image Size 300 DPI: 37 * 33 cm

Image of the irregular galaxy NGC 55 obtained with the Wide Field Imager on the 2.2-metre MPG/ESO telescope at ESO La Silla Observatory. The galaxy is about 7.5 million light-years away and 70 000 light-years across.

Keywords for this photo:

2009 - ASTRONOMY - EDGE-ON - GALAXY - IRREGULAR GALAXY - LA SILLA - MPG/ESO 2.2m - NGC 55 - SCULPTOR - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR FORMATION -