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Edge-on galaxy NGC 55 in Sculptor

author: Anglo-Australian Observatory/David Malin Images/Novapix

reference: a-gax00-55002

Image Size 300 DPI: 51 * 40 cm

NGC 55 is at a distance of about 5 million light years, which is close enough to see it resolved into individual stars. With a big telescope like the AAT, the central regions look very much like the Milky Way seen with an ordinary camera. NGC 55 is a member of the Sculptor group, where the galaxies are few in number and well separated in space. It is probably for this reason that NGC 55 is not rich in star forming regions, because it is not interacting with any nearby companion galaxy.

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1992 - AAO - ASTRONOMY - EDGE-ON - GALAXY - IRREGULAR GALAXY - NGC 55 - POSTER - SCULPTOR - SIDING SPRING - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR FORMATION -