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Q50650

Also known as C 72, Caldwell 72, Nuevo Catálogo General 55, String of Pearls Galaxy

spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor

Key facts

Constellation: Sculptor
Right ascension: 00 14 53.6
Declination: −39 ° 11 ′ 47.9 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 131 ± 2 km/s
Distance: 6.5 ± 0.65 Mly , (2.00 ± 0.2 Mpc )
Type: SB(s)m
Mass: (2.0 ± 0.4) × 10 M ☉
Size: ~68,500 ly (20.99 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 32.4′ × 5.6′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 1.6
Image: Irregular Galaxy NGC 55 (ESO 0914a).jpg

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Commons category: NGC 55
galaxy morphological type: Irr
catalog code: SUMSS J001458-391226
time of discovery or invention: 1826-08-04
apparent magnitude: 6.249
redshift: 0.000430
right ascension: 3.7233417
declination: -39.1966278
radial velocity: 129.0

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NGC 55, also known as the String of Pearls Galaxy, is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy located about 6.5 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. It was discovered on 7 July 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Along with its neighbor NGC 300, it is one of the closest galaxies to the Local Group, probably lying between the Milky Way and the Sculptor Group. It has an estimated mass of (2.0 ± 0.4) × 10 M☉.

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