Saturday 4 August 2018

NGC2403 Spiral Galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis


NGC2403 Intermediate Spiral Galaxy Credit : COAST automatic autonomous telescope - telescope.org - Open University - image by Archie Mendes
Heat Map NGC2403 - Credit : COAST automatic autonomous telescope - telescope.org - Open University - image by Archie Mendes
 
"Also known as Caldwell 7, NGC2403 is an outlying member of the Messier 81 Group of Galaxies. It is approximately 50,000 light years across and is some 8million lightyears distant in the dim constellation Camelopardalis. NGC2403 contains numerous star forming regions. According to our neighbour Mr Shrodinger, NGC2403 is visible in 10x50 binoculars but I have been unable to spot it in 11x80 binoculars from the Jodrell Plank Observatory. This galaxy is strikingly similar to Messier 33 in the constellation Triangulum". - Kurt Thrust acting CEO and current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory
 
M33 Spiral Galaxy in Triangulum - taken from Les Granges - France - Credit :Olly Penrice and George Roberts

 

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