Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2403  ·  NGC 2404
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NGC 2403 - Spiral Galaxy in Constellation Camelopardalis, Massimo Marchini
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NGC 2403 - Spiral Galaxy in Constellation Camelopardalis

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NGC 2403 - Spiral Galaxy in Constellation Camelopardalis, Massimo Marchini
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NGC 2403 - Spiral Galaxy in Constellation Camelopardalis

Link to TIFF/FITS: https://flic.kr/p/2okXisv

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NGC 2403 is an intermediate spiral Galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis 9.65 million light years away from Earth. It’s a member of the Bode Galaxy (M81) Group, the nearest to the Local Group.The galaxy’s particularity is the presence of many large star-forming HII regions, also near the galactic nucleus. In the northern arm, there’s NGC2404, which is about 940 light years in diameter, one of the largest known HII regions.NGC 2403 is 50.000 light years in diameter, about half of the Milky Way.

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