NGC2403 Galaxy

Technical Details NGC2403 Galaxy in Camelopardalis Telescope: C11 Mount: MI-250 Camera: SBIG ST-10XME Filters: Astrodon LRGB Dates: Jan 11-18, 2007 Exposure: LRGB: L=(1x1) 19x6min, RGB=18x6min (2x2) each for 438 minutes (7.3 hours) total at -30C Notes: This galaxy is about 12 million light years distant.. All of the larger stars you see are stars in the Milky Way, much closer to us than the galaxy itself. Galaxies are made of billions of stars, they are so far away in this picture, we just see the collective light from the stars, not the individual stars themselves.