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Photographer:
Steve Busch
Location of Photo:
Henderson, NV
Date/Time of photo:
May 2-8, 2026
Equipment:
AP GTX 130mm Starfire, Mach 2, ZWO 2600 MC Pro
Description:
NGC 2403 (also known as Caldwell 7) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. This galaxy is very similar to another more well-known object called the Triangulum Galaxy or M33. Both are flocculent galaxies meaning a patchy, fluffy look, with shory, fragmented spiral arms. And the core is not as concentrated as you see in most other galaxies. I call them messy galaxies because they are not well-defined structures. The pink areas are glowing hydrogen gas where stars are formed, and the blue areas are young, hot stars. The large stars you see on the galaxy actually sit in the foreground of the image, and are typically only a few hundred to a few thousand light years away. The galaxy itself is approximately 10 million light years from Earth!
