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Observation by Mike Foylan: The UFO galaxy

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Mike Foylan

Observer

Mike Foylan

Observed

2025 Jan 08 - 23:45

Uploaded

2025 Sep 25 - 20:02

Objects

NGC2683

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Constellation

Lynx

Field centre

RA: 08h52m
Dec: +33°25'
Position angle: -90°39'

Field size

0°24' × 0°20'

Equipment
  • Telescope: Celestron C8 @F11.2
  • Camera: SBIG STL-1301 CCD Camera @-35 Degrees C
  • Mount: Celestron CGE EQ Mount
  • Filters: Baader LRGB filters
  • Software: TheSky6 Professional, CCDSoft v5, Celestron PWI, PhD Guiding2, process and stacked using Siril and GraXpert
Exposure

R = 210s x5, G = 252s x 5, B = 284s x5

Location

Cherryvalley Observatory I83

Target name

NGC 2683

Title

The UFO galaxy

About this image

NGC 2683, an edge-on galaxy, also known as the UFO galaxy! Comparable to our Milky Way in size and some 16 million light years distant in the constellation of Lynx. You can just make out a faint hint of blue in the outer edges of the galaxy where densely populated young blue star clusters are located as compared to the mostly older yellowish stars around the galactic core. Interestingly this galaxy has twice the number of globular clusters as the Milky way Galaxy does! NGC 2683 is a field galaxy, meaning it's not part of a larger cluster. However, it does have several satellite galaxies.

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