Key facts
- Constellation
- Lynx
- Right ascension
- 08 52 41.3
- Declination
- +33 ° 25 ′ 19 ″
- Redshift
- 411 ± 1 km/ s
- Distance
- 30.53 ± 0.91 Mly (9.36 ± 0.28 Mpc )
- Type
- SA(rs)b
- Size
- 122 kly (37.5 kpc )
- Apparent size v
- 9.3 ′ × 2.2 ′
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NGC 2683 is a field spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Lynx. It was nicknamed the "UFO Galaxy" by the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on February 5, 1788.
It is viewed nearly edge-on from Earth's location in space and is located about 30 million light-years away, although previous estimates also give distances between 16 and 25 million light-years.