NGC2683 (Denis Janky)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Lynx (Lyn) · Contains: NGC 2683 · PGC 2034115 · PGC 2034409 · PGC 2034818 · PGC 24945 · PGC 86867

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NGC2683 UFO GalaxyNGC2683 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Lynx, approximately 30 million light years away from Earth, although distance estimates have varied and have been as low as 16 million light years. It was discovered by William Herschel on February 5, 1788. It is seen nearly edge-on, giving it the shape of a classic flying saucer, and so the “UFO Galaxy” name was given by the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory.

The oblique angle makes the central structure difficult to discern, but recent research suggests that NGC2683 may be a barred spiral galaxy.NGC2683 spans about 50,000 to 100,000 light years across, making it smaller than the Milky Way. It contains some 300 globular clusters roughly twice that of the Milky Way. There are extensive dust clouds visible, thanks to the back-illumination from the bright core, and there are many clusters of hot young blue stars.

The data for this image were acquired over two cold nights in February, 2022. At the time I was still using an old SBIG STL-11000M camera, which I ultimately replaced later in the year. The SBIG sensor exhibited a lot of problems, which required some extra effort to address in the processing.

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	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
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Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	08h52m40s.401
RA (top/left)	08h51m43s.431
RA (top/right)	08h53m44s.382
RA (bottom/right)	08h53m37s.676
RA (bottom/left)	08h51m36s.334

Dec (center)	+33°25′19″.38
Dec (top/left)	+33°15′47″.63
Dec (top/right)	+33°17′57″.69
Dec (bottom/right)	+33°34′48″.53
Dec (bottom/left)	+33°32′38″.13

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