| Date & Time: | Jan 3 2016, from 21:12 to 22:26 JST(+0900) |
| Composed 10 shots with 8 minutes exposed |
| Optical: | Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3) |
| with BaaderPlanetarium UV/IR cut filter |
| Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Pictor 201XT |
| Digital Camera: | Canon EOS 600D (Remodeled) |
| Location: | Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref. |
| NGC1055 / Galaxy, type SBb: sp II-III |
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| R.A. | 02h 41m 44.7s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +00° 26' 31" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 7.6×2.6' |
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| Radial Velocity | +958km/s |
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| Magnitude | 11.4 |
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| Distance | 45 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | NGC1068 Group |
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| Other IDs | UGC 2173, CGCG 388-95
MCG +0-7-81, IRAS 2391+13
PGC 10208 |
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An edge-on galaxy lying about 30 arc minutes east of delta Ceti is NGC1055.
The galaxy has a long axis of 7.6 arc minutes, a major dark lane crossing the bulge.
NGC1055 forms a small-scaled group with surrounding several galaxies, about 45 millions light years away.
At only 30 arc minutes SSE from the galaxy, you can find out a messier's galaxy of M77.
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