NGC 2283

NGC 2283 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Canis Major. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 994 ± 11 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 14.66 ± 1.04 Mpc. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 6 February 1785.
NGC 2283 forms a physical pair with galaxy IC 2171, collectively named RR 140, with an optical separation of between them.
SIMBAD lists NGC 2283 as an active galaxy nucleus candidate.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 2283: SN 2023axu was discovered by the Distance Less Than 40 Mpc Survey on 28 January 2023.