NGC 55 is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy located about 7 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor.
Along with its neighbor NGC 300, it is one the closest galaxies to the Local Group, probably lying between us and the Sculptor Group (WIKI)

Imaged with the 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.
Apogee Alta U-16M camera.
L-RGB image
Luminance - 70 min
RGB 10 minutes per channel (BIN 2)
HA - 30 minutes

(Total of 2:10 HRS)

Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia June 2012.