NGC 555

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NGC 555 is a lenticular galaxy located around 479 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 555 was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Frank Muller. NGC 555 is not known to have much star formation, and it is not known to have an active galactic nucleus.

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