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Irregular Galaxy NGC 55 (ESO 0914a)
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- Photograph
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- "Two Galaxies for a Unique Event" (Photo Release No. eso0914-en-us) This media was produced by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), under the identifier eso0914a This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A…
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- CC BY 4.0, as the museum states it.
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- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
Image of the irregular galaxy NGC 55 obtained with the Wide Field Imager on the 2.2-metre MPG/ESO telescope at ESO La Silla Observatory. The galaxy is about 7.5 million light-years away and 70 000 light-years across. The image is based on data obtained through B, V, and H-alpha filters. North is up, East to the left. The field of view is 30 arcminutes wide.
ID: phot-14a-09-fullres Press Photo: 14-09
Credit: ESO
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