• NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis
  • NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis
    Annotated image
  • NGC 2403 is a spiral galaxy 10 Mly away in Camelopardalis.
  • The herald of galaxy season, it is bright enough to be seen in small telescopes.
  • Hover over the picture for an annotated version
  • Date:  15 February 2023 (59 frames) and 18 February 2023 (84 frames)
  • FOV:  Cropped to 68' × 45'; the angular size of NGC 2403 is about 10 × 20'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 flattener (714mm, f/7)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 90
  • Filter:  Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut
  • Stacking:  One-hundred-forty-three 240 second frames using Pixinsight
  • Total Time:  9 hours 32 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPCC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, DynCrop,
  • HST, GHS, MStr, PMath MStr + GHS + HST, HDR,
  • Sat, Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY