NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis

This is a really nice spiral galaxy at magnitude 8.9 and subtending 22 arcminutes. It is 8 million lightyears distant and approx 50,000 lightyears in diameter - so similar in size to M33. It is part of the M81 group of galaxies.

This image is the result of 3h of data capture on the evening of 29th November 2019

ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera through a Teleskop-Service 8-inch Ritchey-Chretien reflector

Date: 29/11/2019

Photographer: Graham Wilcock

NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis

This is a really nice spiral galaxy at magnitude 8.9 and subtending 22 arcminutes. It is 8 million lightyears distant and approx 50,000 lightyears in diameter - so similar in size to M33. It is part of the M81 group of galaxies.

This image is the result of 3h of data capture on the evening of 29th November 2019

ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera through a Teleskop-Service 8-inch Ritchey-Chretien reflector

Date: 29/11/2019

Photographer: Graham Wilcock