Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3181  ·  NGC 3184
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NGC 3184, John Bozeman
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NGC 3184

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NGC 3184

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NGC 3184, the Little Pinwheel Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy approximately 40 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Ursa Major. It has two HII regions named NGC 3180 and NGC 3181. The blue color of its spiral arms comes mostly from relatively few bright young blue stars. The bright stars that highlight the arms were created in huge density waves that circle the center. 



Two panel mosaic from SDSS DR12 Science Archive Server (SAS)


Data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

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Red - r
Green - g
Blue - g

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NGC 3184, John Bozeman