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fealeybob14
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    Our Reflector magazine for December 2024 has a cover topic “A FLYING SAUCER IN CETUS”.  I wondered if this might  be referring to the near edge on galaxy NGC 1055 that I noticed when observing and photographing M77.  Sure enough!  On page 5 and 6, NGC 1055 is pictured and described by author Dr. James R. Dire as looking like a flying saucer!

    I observed and photographed M77 in September and October of this year and was surprised by NGC 1055 appearing in the same field of view (as shown below).

    Books on flying saucers from the late 1950’s do indeed have photos that look like NGC 1055’s near edge-on appearance.