NGC 55 in Sculptor
noirlab_noao-02331 June 30th, 2020
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
NGC55, an irregular barred spiral (type SBm) in the constellation Sculptor, is seen nearly edge-on in this pohotgraph. One of the closer galaxies outside our Local Group, at about 7.5 million light-years, it is part of the Sculptor Cluster of galaxies. CTIO 4-meter Blanco telescope, 1975.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02331/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-02331
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 55
- Credits
- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:33:55
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02331/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 3.668329446, -39.32193227
- Reference Dimension
- 2500.0, 2000.0
- Reference Pixel
- 920.6765366, 1460.137474
- Scale
- -0.000248, 0.000249
- Rotation
- 179.0734789
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noao-02331
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-02331.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:36.922603
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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