NGC 55

Object NGC 55 is located exactly in the center of the picture.

NGC 55 - galaxy in the constellation Sculptoris
Type: SBm - spiral galaxy with bar
The angular dimensions: 31.20'x5.9'
magnitude: V=7.9^m; B=8.4^m
The surface brightness: 13.4 mag/arcmin²
Coordinates for epoch J2000: Ra= 0^h15^m8^s; Dec= -39°13'10"
redshift (z): 0.000430
The distance from the Sun to NGC 55: based on the amount of redshift (z) - 1.8 Mpc;
Other names of the object NGC 55 : PGC 1014, ESO 293-50, MCG -7-1-13

Nearby objects: NGC 53, NGC 54, NGC 56, NGC 57

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Nikolay Kurdyapin, kosmoved.ru

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