Edge On Irregular

NGC 55
Irregular Galaxy
Sculptor
16/11/09
Chillagoe, Queensland Australia
TeleVue 76mm Apo Refractor
Magnification: 32x
Field: 128′

Black Canford paper
White pen
Soft white pencil
Blending stump

Last November I went to visit my sister who lives Cairns in
Queensland.

My travel scope is a TeleVue 76mm Apo and it fits into a large
duffle bag, along with the Telepod mount and drum stool, eyepieces
etc.
It stows well for airline travel.

We hired a car at Cairns and took a trip to outback Queensland and
the mining town of Chillagoe
We stayed at the Eco Lodge resort and Observatory which was rather
comfortable considering it is made up of ex mining dongas.

The Lodge had an observatory/shed which housed a C-8, in front of
which was a nice flat dry and dusty expanse where I set up my scope
for what
turned out to be two nights of clear skies.

Lots of nightlife punctuated my observing as creatures scurried
about and argued amongst the trees.

I completed three sketches out at Chillagoe, one of which was NGC
55. This large galaxy looks good even in a very wide field using
low magnification.

Scott Mellish.