NGC2403
- Galaxy in Camelopardalis
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From SEDS.ORG: (read the entire story here: http://messier.seds.org/m/m001.html)
Discovered
by William Herschel in 1788.
This
beautiful spiral galaxy is an outlying member of the M81 group of
galaxies, and thus about 12 million light years distant.
NGC
2403 is among the more conspicuous Northern objects which Charles
Messier missed when compiling his catalog. Thus its discovery
was left to William Herschel.
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Scope: Planewave 12.5" CDK
Camera: Apogee U16M w Astrondon Gen II LRGB filters
Mount: Paramount ME (MKS5000 upgrade)
Guided w ST-402 and Astrodon MMOAG
Acquired using TheSkyX
16x10min Luminance, 9x10min RGB
Processed in PixInsight. Some clean-up in PS CC
Lucknow, Ontario
Feb 2018
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