NGC 55 is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. With its distance of about 6.5 mio. light years it is one of the closest galaxies to the local group. Robert Burnham Jr. called this galaxy "one of the outstanding galaxies of the southern heavens".

ASA RC 400 f/8
ASA DDM 100
HaLRGB 370 600 240 240 240 min.