| NGC2403 / Galaxy, type SAB(s)cd III |
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| R.A. | 07h 36m 54.5s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +65° 35' 58" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 21.9×12.3' |
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| Radial Velocity | +226km/s |
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| Magnitude | 8.9 |
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| Distance | 11.8 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | NGC2403 Group |
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| Other IDs | UGC3918, MCG11-10-7,
CGCG309-40, PGC21396 |
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NGC2403 is a galaxy 8 degrees north-west of omicron UMa that marks the nose of the Big Bear.
The galaxy is positioned in a minor constellation of Cameropardalis (The Giraffe); so it's hardly be paid attention,
but has sufficient size and visual magnitude worthy of being registered in Messier's catalogue.
It has an extent of 22 arc minutes in east-west direction and 12 arc minutes in north-south, and has magnitude of about 9.
NGC2403 is a typical face-on galaxy, and looks like a shrinked M33, a famous and splendid galaxy in Triangulum.
It's estimated that NGC2403 is lying about 12 million light years away.
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