Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2841
NGC 2841, Bruce
NGC 2841
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Classified as an unbarred flocculent spiral galaxy NGC 2841 lies 46 million light years away in the constellation of Ursa Major. Larger than our own Milky Way it has a diameter of over 150,000 light years. Flocculent spirals feature short spiral arms rather than prominent and well-defined galactic limbs. These arms contain many star clusters with large populations of young blue stars with whitish middle-aged stars present. Spiraling outward from the center are dark dust lanes that are silhouetted against the arms. This galaxy has had a history of supernovae explosions within it, the most recent going off in 1999.

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NGC 2841, Bruce