Galaxy NGC2404 (Dave Rust)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam) · Contains: NGC 2403 · NGC 2404

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Galaxy NGC2404

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Galaxy NGC2404

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

The bejeweled Galaxy NGC2403!

This dude has spiral arms loaded with reddish blotches rich with irradiated hydrogen and actively forming new stars. 2403 is about 9 million light years away in the northern sky...close enough that we can see the spirals and clumps of stars.

I didn't set out to shoot this target and came across it by accident. I had to look it up in the charts. Interesting that it isn't a more popular celestial feature. The galaxy is bright enough that the old guard discovered it back in 1788 and it can be made out through binoculars.

NGC2404 is a part of a cluster of galaxies called the M81 group (after one of the most visible galaxies)...bodies that are moving more or less together through the universe like driftwood floating on a river.

In 2004, it was home to a supernova that remains one of the brightest explosions seen here in a hundred years.

The shape of the galaxy is being distorted by smaller galaxies nearby, but they don't show up in this image. I think they are out of the frame.

Lots of detail and scientific curiosities here, but I like the colors the most. Along with the vivid stars of our own spiral arm filling the frame in the foreground, the image is quite striking.

It's warm out now that spring is here and hangin' with the scope is more fun. With Galaxy NGC2404's rounded features and dimmer nucleus, the view cloakes me within a peaceful blanket. And that feeling is reinforced tonight by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett's Part VI of Testament Paris.

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RA (center)	07h36m45s.98
RA (top/left)	07h38m54s.31
RA (top/right)	07h38m44s.68
RA (bottom/right)	07h34m35s.32
RA (bottom/left)	07h34m51s.13

Dec (center)	+65°33′05″.1
Dec (top/left)	+65°12′07″.4
Dec (top/right)	+65°54′51″.0
Dec (bottom/right)	+65°53′56″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	+65°11′21″.9

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