NGC 2683 "UFO Galaxy"

Posted: Jan 28th, 2025

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Technical Info

Telescope/Lens: 300/1200 Orion UK

Camera: SvBony SV705C

Mount: МТ-120

Guide Scope: ED kenko 60 -400mm

Guide Camera: T7m

Software: NINA, Pixlnsight, ФШ

Accessories: GPU2”

Exposure:

24 x 180" ISO/Gain: 275 - Antlia Triband RGB Ultra

Orange zoneLight Pollution:

Ekaterinburg Rayon Ozera Gluhoe, Russia

Jan 26th, 2025

NGC 2683 "UFO GALAXY"

Telescope/Lens: 300/1200 Orion UK
Camera: SvBony SV705C
Mount: МТ-120
Guide Scope: ED kenko 60 -400mm
Guide Camera:  T7m
Software: NINA, Pixlnsight, ФШ
Accessories: GPU2”

Ekaterinburg Rayon Ozera Gluhoe, Russia
Light Pollution: Orange zone

Exposure:
24 x 180" ISO/Gain: 275 - Antlia Triband RGB Ultra

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.

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Author: Oleg Novoselov

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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.

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