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The String of Pearls Galaxy, C72 // Dean Carr
This beautiful edge-on galaxy is classified as a Magellanic-type galaxy. Galaxies of this class have a single spiral arm and are intermediate between irregular galaxies and dwarf spiral galaxies. As this suggests, C72 is very similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud, but is slightly smaller at 68,000 light years across and edge-on.
The String of Pearls Galaxy, C72 // Patrick Winkler
Discovered by James Dunlop (1793-1848) in 1826, the String of Pearls Galaxy (NGC 55) is one of the outstanding galaxies of the southern heavens. It is located about 6.5 million light years away in the constellation of Sculptor, the Sculptor. It and the Sculptor Pinwheel Galaxy (C70) are gravitationally bound to each other.
