NGC 55



About this image.

Discovered by James Dunlop on August 4, 1826 (Dunlop 507). Cataloged as h 2315 by John Herschel in 1847, and as GC 27 in the 1864 General Catalogue.

Usually regarded as a member of the Sculptor Group (or South Polar Group because of its situation near the South Galactic Pole), this galaxy is listed as a Local Group member by Mateo (1998) who gives a distance of only 5.4 million light-years, compared to the value of 7 million ly given elsewhere.

(Text taken from www.seds.org)
 

Equipment

Telescope:                 12.5" Ritchey Chretien by RC Optical Systems
Mount:                      Paramount ME by Software Bisque
Instrument:               STL11000M CCD Camera by SBIG with AO-L

Exposure:                  LRGB 6:4:4:4 hours
Capture Software:       CCDSOFT V5
Processing:                Maxim DL/CCD, Photoshop CS, CCDStack

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