NGC 2403 - Spiral Galaxy In Camelopardalis

Posted by BobFranke
on Wednesday, February 9, 2011

North is to the bottom.
NGC 2403, discovered by William Herschel in 1788, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. At a distance of eight to ten million light-years, the galaxy is an outlying member of the M81 group. Scattered thought the galaxy are many HII regions. Nearly 1000 are identified in the NED database. At least six of these hydrogen clouds are considered giant HII regions, possibly fifty times larger than the Orion cloud in our galaxy.

Exposure Details
Ha      900 min (30 x 30 min)
Lum   435 min (29 x 15 min)
RGB   630 min ( 14 x 15 min, each)

Taken with an SBIG STL-11000 camera, using Astrodon filters and an RCOS 12.5" scope
For more info see URL...
http://bf-astro.com/ngc2403/ngc2403.htm

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