NGC 55 String of Pearls Galaxy

Capture

Seestar s50 382 stacks

Date

17 September 2025

Location

Camden, NSW

Original

1080 × 1920 px

NGC 55 String of Pearls Galaxy, a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy located about 6.5 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. It is estimated to contain 10 to 20 billion stars, with a mass about 20 billion times of our sun. John Dunlop the discoverer described it as a beautiful long nebula with a delicate bluish hue and concluding with this is a beautiful object. Apparent magnitude 7.87

See it in the galaxies gallery