NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis
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.
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 – DBE, SPCC, DBE, BlurXT, NoiseXT,
GHS, HDRMST, Saturation, DynCrop
Location: Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY