45 minutes exposure, Fuji Super 1600 slide film.
300mm f/2.8 Canon lens.
NGC 55 is a beautiful, edge-on galaxy in southern Sculptor. It is one of the brighter members of the Sculptor group of galaxies that includes the more well known NGC 253. NGC 55 is not well known to northern hemisphere observers due to its southern location. From the southern hemisphere where it rides high in the sky, it is easily visible in 50mm binoculars, and in an 8" telescope, appears as a thin line that is noticeably brighter in its western regions. There is some debate as to the classification of M55. Generally it is considered to be an irregular galaxy, however some catalogues classify it as a spiral.
