Name: The UFO galaxy

Constellation:Lynx

Instrument: 6-inch F5 reflector and modified Canon T3i.

Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute exposures at ISO 800.

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

  
 

Magnitude: 10.6

Angular size: 9'

NGC 2683 is moderately bright galaxy visible in Lynx that is nearly edge-on.  There is a dark dust lane visible near the nucleus. Despite being just under the 10 arc-minute limit, its appearance with the dark dust lane, makes it eligible to be on the list.

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