NGC 2403 is 10 million light years away and is about half the mass of our own Milky Way. The reddish clusters scattered around the arms are active star-forming regions. At 10 million light years, the light from this galaxy began its journey long before humans walked the Earth. It's incredibly humbling to think about entire geological and evolutionary epochs passing on Earth while this light was in transit, undisturbed, to the moment it entered my imaging system. A true cosmic connection.
Photo Details
January 31, 2017
Orion 8" Astrograph on VX Mount
SBIG STF-8300C Camera
Baader MPC Mark III Multi-Purpose Coma Corrector
Skyglow filter
52 subframes at 3 minutes/frame
Total Exposure Time = 2 hours 36 minutes
Image Acquisition in CCDOps
Image Stacking in Deep Sky Tracker
Image Processing in PhotoShop
Image Acquisition in CCDOps
Image Stacking in Deep Sky Tracker
Image Processing in PhotoShop
