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Photographer:
Rod Pommier
Location of Photo:
Pommier Observatory, Portland, OR
Date/Time of photo:
2020-03-16 through 2020-03-21
Equipment:
Celestron Compustar C14 with Starizona LF reducer/corrector (f/7.5), SBIG STL 11000M CCD with Baader Planetarium LRGB filters, SBIG AO-L adaptive optics at 8 Hz
Description:
NGC 2683 is a spiral galaxy lying 25 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Lynx. It is viewed nearly edge-on from our perspective, much like M104, the Sombrero galaxy in Virgo. In the case of NGC 2683, the combination of the galaxy’s disk and large central bulge bear a strong resemblance to a flying saucer, giving it the nickname of The UFO Galaxy. NGC 2683’s disk contains many beautiful brown dust lanes. Besides being framed amidst a field of beautiful foreground Milky Way stars, the flying saucer appears to be heading off to several distant galaxies in the background. Exposures: L:R:G:B = 300:75:185:120 minutes = 9 hours, 40 minutes total exposure.
