Observation by John Hughes: NGC2403

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Mr John William Hughes

Observer

John Hughes

Observed

2022 Jan 04 - 19:00

Uploaded

2022 Jan 10 - 20:31

Objects

NGC2403

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Constellation

Camelopardalis

Field centre

RA: 07^h36^m
Dec: +65°34'
Position angle: +1°25'

Field size

1°45' × 1°18'

Equipment

William Optics Z103 refractor
ZWO ASI1600mm Pro Cooled camera
Chroma 1.25” LRGB filters
SkyWatcher EQ6R-Pro mount

Exposure

300s, Gain 139, Offset 30

Location

North Essex

Target name

NGC2403

Title

NGC2403

About this image

Located in the Northern constellation Camelopardalis, this intermediate spiral galaxy is approximately 10 million light years distant and 50,000 light years across. It includes a large number of star forming Hii regions that glow pink/red as the gas is energised by hot massive stars.

NGC2403 is thought to be part of the M81 group of galaxies but was not catalogued by Charles Messier despite it being located close to both M81 and M82.

The galaxy is not only active in star production but has also had its fair share of bright supernovae as massive stars come to the end of their lives. There have been two such occurrences, SN 1954J and SN 2004dj, the latter being the brightest supernova discovered this century on 31 July 2004 at visual magnitude 11.2.

This image was captured on 4th January 2022 in LRGB. 20:20:20:20 subs with an exposure time of 5 minutes. Total integration time 6.6 hours.

Calibrated using Flats x 25, Dark Flats x 25 and Darks x 50.

Files associated with this observation

NGC2403_LRGB_WB.jpg (1.2 MB)

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