Irregular Galaxy NGC 55
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! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent magnitude (V)
| +7.8
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! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent dimensions (V)
| 32.4' × 5.6'
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! style="text-align:left;" | Constellation
| Sculptor
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! style="text-align:left;" | Radius
| ?
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! style="text-align:left;" | Absolute magnitude (V)
| 13.3
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Other designations
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|} NGC 55 (also known as ESO 293-G050) is a barred irregular galaxy about 7 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. It is a member of the Sculptor group of galaxies, but its radial motion is consistent with membership to the Local Group. It appears bright and cigar-shaped on the sky due to its close distance and near edge-on orientation with respect to the Earth, morphologically similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud. Other resoursesSee alsoExternal links
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