NGC 2366

Combination of 10, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG ST-9E CCD. 14" f/11 schmidt-cassegrain telescope and an f/6.3 focal reducer.

NGC 2366 is an irregular galaxy in Camelopardus that is a member of the M81 group. At magnitude 10.8, it should not trouble an 8" telescope from reasonably dark skies. Nesr the southern end of the galaxy is a large star-forming region designated as NGC 2363. The galaxy is about 11 million light years away.

Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

The glow at the bottom of the image is not another galaxy. Rather it is from a 9th magnitude star just out of the field.

Combination of 10, 3 minute exposures unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.