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                                2022 March 3

                           Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841
                  Image Credit & Copyright: Vitali Pelenjow

   Explanation: A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC
   2841 can be found in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. This
   deep view of the gorgeous island universe was captured during 32 clear
   nights in November, December 2021 and January 2022. It shows off a
   striking yellow nucleus, galactic disk, and faint outer regions. Dust
   lanes, small star-forming regions, and young 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. X-ray images suggest that resulting winds and
   stellar explosions create plumes of hot gas extending into a halo
   around NGC 2841.

                  Tomorrow's picture: multiwavelength crab
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