alan4908 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Discovered in 1788 by William Herschel, the field galaxy NGC2683 is about 30m light years distant in Lynx. It is inclined at 78 degrees to Earth and has a classic “flying saucer” appearance and so, not surprisingly, it is also known as the UFO galaxy. It has low luminosity with a low rate of star formation. Dust lanes are clearly visible around the spiral arms. A large population of old yellow stars form a relatively bright core, whilst much younger blue stars can be seen in the star forming region at the top right. Various background galaxies are also visible. The LRGB image below was taken with my Esprit 150 and represents just over 13 hours integration time. Alan LIGHTS: L:34, R:16, G:15, B:14 x 600s all at -20C. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig a Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 That’s a beauty, galaxys are my fave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam1234 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Great image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datalord Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Impressive image! What camera did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan4908 Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 On 26/01/2022 at 18:10, Craig a said: That’s a beauty, galaxys are my fave Thanks Craig ! On 27/01/2022 at 22:37, Adam1234 said: Great image Thanks Adam 15 hours ago, Datalord said: Impressive image! What camera did you use? Thanks for the comment. I used my SX Trius 814 camera which gives me 0.7 arc seconds/pixel with my imaging set up. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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