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Object Information

NGC1055

Image: Digitized Sky Survey
Image: Digitized Sky Survey

This is an edge-on spiral galaxy which is in a binary system with another galaxy, M77.



Facts and Figures


Object type: A Spiral Galaxy with a Bar.
Distance: 438,000,000,000,000,000,000 km.
Size (approximate diameter): 601,000,000,000,000,000 km.