Top picture: IC 2163, from the backyard by @galaxyhunter_jo

Galaxy · Canis Major

IC 2163

Also known as ESO 556-009 · PGC 18751

Shot with Celestron EdgeHD 8 with 0.7× reducer ×1 · Dwarf 3 ×1 · Dwarf Mini ×1

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Canis Major

Position (J2000)

6h 16m 28s · −21° 22′ 33″

Pictures

3

Typical integration

5.4 h

Magnitude

11.11

visual

Size

3.4′ × 1′

Distance

~120,000,000 ly

Best months

Nov–Jan

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.