The Whale Galaxy (NGC 55)

NGC 55, also occasionally referred to as The Whale Galaxy, is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy located about 6.5 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. Along with its neighbor NGC 300, it is one of the closest galaxies to the Local Group, probably lying between the Milky Way and the Sculptor Group.

This picture has been processed using:

- Pixinsight for Cosmetic Correction & align.

- CCDStack for the integration & RGB combination

- Photoshop for the post processing

- Color noise reduction with Lightroom

Base on the Pro Dataset

Image specs:

L: 4*300s

R: 3*300s

G: 4*300s

B: 2*300s

Processed with CCDStack, Pixinsight, Photoshop & Lightroom