NGC 55 is well placed
2016 Sep 23
Dominic Ford – originally published on In-The-Sky.org
Across much of the world NGC 55, a barred irregular galaxy in Sculptor, will be well placed for observation. It will reach its highest point in the sky at around midnight local time.
At a declination of -39°10', it is easiest to see from the southern hemisphere and cannot be seen from latitudes much north of 30°N.
From London (click to change), it will not be observable because it will lie so far south that it never rises above the horizon.
At magnitude 8.0, NGC55 is quite faint, and certainly not visible to the naked eye, but can be viewed through a pair of binoculars or small telescope.
The precise position of NGC55 is as follows:
| Object | Right Ascension | Declination | Constellation | Magnitude | Angular Size |
| NGC55 | 00h14m50s | -39°10' | Sculptor | 8.0 | 0'32" |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0.
The details of this observing event were provided courtesy of In-The-Sky.org
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