Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2403
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NGC 2403, John Bozeman
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NGC 2403

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NGC 2403

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NGC 2403 (also known as Caldwell 7) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is an outlying member of the M81 Group, and is approximately 8 million light-years distant. It bears a similarity to M33, being about 50,000 light years in diameter and containing numerous star-forming H II regions. The northern spiral arm connects it to the star forming region NGC 2404.


Two panel mosaic from SDSS DR12 Science Archive Server (SAS)


Data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

Color Mapped:

Red - z-band
Green - g-band
Blue - u-band

Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

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NGC 2403, John Bozeman