NGC 2683 is a field spiral galaxy nicknamed the “UFO Galaxy” by the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory. It is viewed nearly edge-on from Earth’s location in space and is located between 16 and 25 million light-years away.
It is smaller and less luminous than the Milky Way with very little neutral hydrogen or molecular hydroge] and a low luminosity in the infrared, which suggests a currently low rate of star formation. NGC 2683 is rich in globular clusters, hosting about 300 of them, twice the number found in the Milky Way.
NGC 2683, UFO Galaxy
NGC 2683 is a field spiral galaxy nicknamed the “UFO Galaxy” by the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory. It is viewed nearly edge-on from Earth’s location in space and is located between 16 and 25 million light-years away.
It is smaller and less luminous than the Milky Way with very little neutral hydrogen or molecular hydroge] and a low luminosity in the infrared, which suggests a currently low rate of star formation. NGC 2683 is rich in globular clusters, hosting about 300 of them, twice the number found in the Milky Way.
Photographed with APO 107mm refractor telescope and Atik 360EX monchrome CCD camera in Stuvsta, February 2020. Exposure was 40min Ha, 60min RGB and 18min Lum.
NGC 2683, UFO Galaxy
NGC 2683 is a field spiral galaxy nicknamed the “UFO Galaxy” by the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory. It is viewed nearly edge-on from Earth’s location in space and is located between 16 and 25 million light-years away.
It is smaller and less luminous than the Milky Way with very little neutral hydrogen or molecular hydroge] and a low luminosity in the infrared, which suggests a currently low rate of star formation. NGC 2683 is rich in globular clusters, hosting about 300 of them, twice the number found in the Milky Way.
Photographed with RC8″ reflector telescope and ASI 2600MC color camera in Stuvsta, February 2023. Exposure was 24*3min with IDAS LPS-D2 flight pollution filter.