Galaxy
UFO Galaxy (NGC2683)
In Lynx (Lyn) • Magnitude 9.7 • 9.5 arcminutes
Open the free AstroPlanner with UFO Galaxy pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Nearly edge-on spiral in Lynx.
UFO Galaxy at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 2683 |
| Type | Galaxy |
| Constellation | Lynx (Lyn) |
| Right ascension | 08h 52m 41s |
| Declination | +33° 25' 18" |
| Apparent magnitude | 9.70 |
| Surface brightness | 22.8 mag/arcsec² |
| Angular size | 9.5 × 2.7 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | 78° |
| Best imaging months | Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr |
How to image UFO Galaxy
UFO Galaxy sits in the constellation Lynx at right ascension 08h 52m 41s and declination +33° 25' 18". To frame and integrate it well, AstroPlanner will compute the optimal moonless window for tonight from your location, the field-of-view fit against your sensor and focal length, the suggested total integration time given your aperture and sky Bortle class, and a cloud-aware schedule that drops it from the plan if your nearest cloud forecast spike overlaps the best altitude window. As a galaxy, UFO Galaxy needs the darkest skies you can find: surface brightness, not just apparent magnitude, drives whether it will lift out of the gradient.