Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2403  ·  NGC 2404
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Caldwell 7 - spiral galaxy, Monty Chandler
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Caldwell 7 is a hazy blueish intermediate spiral galaxy with pink gaseous regions and dark dust filaments located in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is an outlying member of the M81 Group, and is approximately 9.5 million light-years distant. It bears a similarity to M33, being about 80,000 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.

There have been two reported supernovae in the galaxy: SN 1954J, which attained a magnitude of 16 at its brightest, and SN 2004dj. SN 2004dj was the nearest and brightest supernovae in the past 19 years. It remains nearest and brightest supernova in 21st century.

This image was caputured Dec 15th, 2023 and consists of 121 5 minute exposures shot with the ASI071MC camera and a RC8 telescope riding an Eq6r Pro mount.  Captured with APT and guiding with PHD2.  Processed manually in Pixinsight.

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Caldwell 7 - spiral galaxy, Monty Chandler