NGC55

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - TSA102 and QSI683-8

Guiding - QSI OAG and SBIG ST-i.

Software - MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot 5

LRGB 510 180 180 180 (Luminance 30 minute subs, colour 20 minutes subs)

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6

Object - Located in the constellation of Sculptor at a distance of around 7 million light years. It is suspected that it might be between the local group and the Sculptor group. It presents as an irregular galaxy but is classified as a spiral.