Galaxy · Sculptor

NGC 55

Also known as C 72 · ESO 293-050 · PGC 1014

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Sculptor

Position (J2000)

0h 14m 54s · −39° 11′ 48″

Discovered

by James Dunlop in 1826

Pictures

1

Magnitude

8.54

visual

Size

29.9′ × 3.1′

Distance

~6,500,000 ly

Best months

Aug–Oct

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.