Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2403
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NGC2403 in Camelopardalis, Arnaud Peel
NGC2403 in Camelopardalis
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NGC2403 in Camelopardalis

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NGC2403 in Camelopardalis, Arnaud Peel
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NGC2403 in Camelopardalis

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I redo twice the luminance to get the best FWHM. The "best-subs" Luminance was mixed with the "All subs" Luminance in order to get the maximum details in the bright part of the galaxy.

Not suprinsingly , the HII regions appear in different colors like in the LMC or SMC but at a smaller scale : red, purple , white and light blue colors.

The arms of the galaxy can also be seen spiraling from the center.

Framing : I like the full field better , but a little zoom is necessary to see the details of the HII regions.

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NGC 2403 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 (north is left on my picture) connects it to the star forming region NGC 2404.

NGC 2404 is 2000 light-years in diameter, making it one of the largest known H II regions, even larger than Tarantula Nebula in Large Magellanic Cloud. This H II region represents striking similarity with NGC 604 in M33, both in size and location in galaxy.

5 Nights : 23/24, 24/25, 25, 30, 31 december

112 Light subs @180s gain 139 and -20°C and

20 Halpha subs @300s gain 139 and -20°C and

23 Blue subs @180s gain 139 and -20°C

20 Green subs @180s gain 139 and -20°C

20 Red subs @180s gain 139 and -20°C

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  • NGC2403 in Camelopardalis, Arnaud Peel
    Original
  • NGC2403 in Camelopardalis, Arnaud Peel
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  • NGC2403 in Camelopardalis, Arnaud Peel
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  • NGC2403 in Camelopardalis, Arnaud Peel
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    NGC2403 in Camelopardalis, Arnaud Peel
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B

Description: Square frame

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C

Description: Annotated version

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D

Description: Color balance enhancement

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E

Description: new color balance V2

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NGC2403 in Camelopardalis, Arnaud Peel