SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
Bruce
Location of Photo:
Pie Town, New Mexico
Date/Time of photo:
5 nights ending 11/22/2024
Equipment:
12.5" Planewave scope with QSI-640ws camera
Description:
NGC 1055 is an edge-on spiral galaxy in Cetus. It is somewhat larger than the Milky Way galaxy and hosts a very high rate of new star formation. It is part of a small galaxy group and is fairly close to another similarly-sized spiral galaxy, M77. The edge-on view is somewhat curious in that it shows the typical dark lane of dust and cold gas to be elevated above the plane of the galaxy disk. This may be a result of gravitational interactions with various other galaxies in the group including M77.
