Portal:Astronomy/Picture/16 July 2005
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NGC 55 is a member of the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. It appears cigar-shaped because we see it almost edge-on. The brightest blue patches in this ultraviolet image show the locations of active star-forming regions.