NGC 2403 – A Galaxy in Camelopardalis
The galaxy NGC 2403 (Caldwell 7), doesn’t have a special name. It isn’t flashy like M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy or M63 – The Sunflower Galaxy, but it is fairly close to our Milky Way Galaxy. It lies 8 million light years away. Many of the redder areas of the galaxy are active star forming regions, which show up with a hydrogen-alpha filter.
NGC 2403 is a member of the M81 Local Group of galaxies, which includes the galaxies M81 and M82 in Ursa Major.
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