NGC 2683 "UFO Galaxy"
Photo description / processing
I couldn't find this galaxy on our hosting, so I started photographing it, and if the weather permits, I'll photograph it more.
The galaxy was discovered by William Herschel on February 5, 1788, using his homemade 18.7-inch reflecting telescope. He cataloged it as I 200 and described it as follows: "Very bright, very extended, from south to north, 8 inches long, 3 inches wide, beautiful." John L. E. Dreyer included the galaxy in his New General Catalog as NGC 2683 in 1888.
Diameter 9.3 × 2.1 arcminutes
Photographic (blue) magnitude 10.6 mag
Visual magnitude 9.8 mag
The galaxy earned the nickname "UFO Galaxy" due to its resemblance to a flying saucer.
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Orion Optics UK 300/1200
- Camera
- SvBony SV705C
- Mount
- МТ-120
- Guide Scope
- Kenko ED 60/400
- Guide Camera
- T7M
- Accessories
- GPU2”
- Software
- N.I.N.A., Pixinsight, Adobe Photoshop
- Location
- Екатеринбург, район озера Глухое., Россия
Light pollution
Orange, Bortle 6 zone
- Date taken
Exposure
- 24 × 180″ · ISO/Gain: 275 · Antlia Triband RGB Ultra ·
Total exposure: 1 h 12 m









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