Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841 Close Up
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI / AURA) - ESA / Hubble CollaborationExplanation: A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC 2841 can be found in the northern constellation of
Ursa Major. This sharp view of the gorgeous
island universe shows off a striking yellow nucleus and galactic disk. Dust lanes, small, pink star-forming regions, and young blue star clusters are embedded in the patchy, tightly
wound spiral arms.
In contrast, many other spirals exhibit grand, sweeping arms with large star-forming regions. NGC 2841 has a diameter of over 150,000 light-years, even larger than
our own Milky Way, but this
close-up Hubble image spans about 34,000 light-years along the galaxy's inner region.
X-ray images suggest that resulting winds and stellar explosions create plumes of hot gas extending into a halo around NGC 2841.
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