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NGC NGC 55

Sculptor Filament

Galaxy
Sculptor
Intermediate

Nearby irregular galaxy.

Angular size
32′ × 6′
Magnitude
7.9
Best months
Aug-Dec
Constellation
Sculptor
Catalog IDs
NGC 55
Common aliases
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Recommended telescopes

Stellarvue
Stellarvue SVX152T
1200mm f/7.9 · 152mm aperture
Frames 48% of APS-C FOV
Explore Scientific
Explore Scientific ED152 FCD-100
1140mm f/7.5 · 152mm aperture
Frames 45% of APS-C FOV
Takahashi
Takahashi TOA-150B
1100mm f/7.3 · 150mm aperture
Frames 44% of APS-C FOV
Celestron
Celestron C6 SCT
1500mm f/10.0 · 150mm aperture
Frames 59% of APS-C FOV
William Optics
William Optics FLT 156
1085mm f/7.0 · 156mm aperture
Frames 43% of APS-C FOV
Askar
Askar 151PHQ
1057mm f/7.0 · 151mm aperture
Frames 42% of APS-C FOV

Recommended cameras

ZWO
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
3.76µm pixels · cooled
ZWO
ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
3.76µm pixels · cooled
ZWO
ZWO ASI6200MC Pro
3.76µm pixels · cooled
ZWO
ZWO ASI6200MM Pro
3.76µm pixels · cooled
ZWO
ZWO ASI533MC Pro
3.76µm pixels · cooled
ZWO
ZWO ASI533MM Pro
3.76µm pixels · cooled

Example framing

Stellarvue SVX152T + ZWO ASI6200MC Pro
FOV 1.72° × 1.15°
Scale 0.65″/px
Target fills 47% of frame
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Explore Scientific ED152 FCD-100 + ZWO ASI6200MC Pro
FOV 1.81° × 1.21°
Scale 0.68″/px
Target fills 44% of frame
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Takahashi TOA-150B + ZWO ASI6200MC Pro
FOV 1.88° × 1.25°
Scale 0.71″/px
Target fills 43% of frame
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Related galaxys

NGC NGC 5457
Pinwheel Galaxy NGC 5457
Messier M101
Pinwheel Galaxy
NGC NGC 253
Sculptor Galaxy
Messier M81
Bode's Galaxy
NGC NGC 5128
Centaurus A
Messier M110
Andromeda Satellite M110
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