I cannot believe this beauty does not have a name!
NGC 2403 (also known as Caldwell 7) 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 connects it to the star forming region NGC 2404.
NGC 2403 can be observed using 10×50 binoculars.[3] NGC 2404 is 940 light-years in diameter, making it one of the largest known H II regions. This H II region represents striking similarity with NGC 604 in M33, both in size and location in galaxy.
The close up was taken with my Celestron 9.25. For the first time I was able to get 10 minute long exposures. It is a mere 18 10 minute long exposures taken with ASI2600, no filters. I processed the image using Pixinsight.
The distant picture was taken with my Celestron 8″ telescope using my hyperstar. It is 211 20 second exposures. Also using an ASI2600, no filters. I processed the image using Pixinsight.
