NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis

NGC 2403 is a spiral galaxy 10 Mly away in Camelopardalis.

The herald of galaxy season, it is bright enough to be seen in small telescopes.

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Date:  15 February 2023 (59 frames) and 18 February 2023 (84 frames)

FOV:  Cropped to 68' × 45'; the angular size of NGC 2403 is about 10 × 20'

Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 flattener (714mm, f/7)

Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,

Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope

Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi

Mount:  iOptron CEM40

Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 90

Filter:  Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut

Stacking:  One-hundred-forty-three 240 second frames using Pixinsight

Total Time:  9 hours 32 minutes

Processing:  Pixinsight – SPCC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, DynCrop,

HST, GHS, MStr, PMath MStr + GHS + HST, HDR,

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Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY