Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2841
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NGC 2841 is about 100,000 light years across, the same size as our, the Milky Way galaxy. NGC 2841 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It was discovered on 9 March 1788 by German-born astronomer William Herschel. J. L. E. Dreyer

There is one thing I would like to point out is that NGC 2841 currently has a relatively low star formation rate compared to other spirals that are ablaze with emission nebulae.

The arms of the galaxy are numerous and short, studded with pink gas clouds where stars are being born and larger clouds of opaque dust that block the light from stars behind them. That gives the galaxy a categorization of flocculent*It is likely that the radiation and supersonic winds from fiery, super-hot, young blue stars cleared out the remaining gas (which glows pink), and hence shut down further star formation in the regions in which they were born. NGC 2841 currently has a relatively low star formation rate compared to other spirals that are ablaze with emission nebulae

* (" flocculent in British English · 1. like wool; fleecy · 2. chemistry. aggregated in woolly cloud like masses. a flocculent precipitate ").

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