Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lynx (Lyn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2683
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NGC 2683, Kurt Zeppetello
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I am not really seeing the UFO look of spiral galaxy NGC 2683 but none the less it was nicknamed the UFO Galaxy by the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory. Maybe I need a bigger telescope. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1788 and is located between 16 and 25 million light-years away in the constellation of Lynx. Although not seen in the image, astronomers believe it to be a barred spiral galaxy based on research.

So this was a stretch for my set up in that most of the really good images of this on Astrobin were done with telescopes much larger telescopes. I decided on this because it was available after I was done with my main target but it was still clear and I was awake. It is also the second object without the focal reducer. I collected some Ha and luminosity data but after reviewing the Ha data I decided it would not add anything and may detract from it. The luminosity was collected on another questionable night and was not as sharp so I went with straight RGB. I do like the so of the intricate structure in the central portion but this object is better done with a much larger telescope.

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NGC 2683, Kurt Zeppetello