Observations of NGC2683
These are the observations available for NGC2683. If you have any of your own that you'd like to submit we'd love to put them on the website.
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NGC 2683 in Lynx
Took this last night, pity the moon was high as it added quite a bit of noise to the picture. A single shot, 500 second, FLI full frame camera from back garden observatory Northampton. Not quite as good as the Hubble shot!!
The UFO galaxy (NGC 2683) by Richard Weatherley taken from Northampton. Image Details
- Telescope: AG14 Orion F 3.8
- Camera: FLI Microline Camera
Richard Weatherley - (8 April 2022).
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Observational Sketches
Dale Holt recently sent me a large selection of sketches, for which I have to thank him. I've taken the liberty of selecting a few that I find interesting because of the process they show.
NGC 2283 in Canis Major
The first is Dale's pencil sketch of this galaxy showing his annotations. He's back to using his 505mm Newtonian with an analogue Watec 120N+ camera.
An EAA pencil sketch of NGC 2283 by Dale Holt from his Chippingdale observatory in Hertfordshire. Next Dale's reversed the first sketch to provide a light on dark sketch that can help detail pop out. It's perhaps a better representation of what you see in an eyepiece of a really large scope with nice skies.
However Dale's using Electronic Assistance (EA) here to view on a monitor under (as he mentions in his notes) hazy British skies. I expect that's what he's going to talk about at our Annual Meeting in Cambridge this summer when he "goes deep on the cheap".
Here Dale's reversed the first sketch to provide a light on dark view of NGC 2283 I couldn't resist comparing that view to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). I think that Dale's capturing a fair amount of the detail in the image below, especially around the bar. The Digitised Sky Survey (DSS) isn't as detailed as Dale's view.
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) view of NGC 2283. NGC 2683 in Lynx
The final sketch I'd like to present represents a change in drawing technique. Dale says that he found this galaxy
stunning
and decided to usepastels on black paper as opposed to my usual graphite on white
. It has a much softer feel than the pencil sketches.
An EAA sketch using pastels on black paper of NGC 2683 by Dale Holt from his Chippingdale observatory in Hertfordshire. James Whinfrey - (4 March 2019).
