Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  HD103082  ·  NGC 3938
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NGC 3938 in a field of tiny galaxies in Ursa Major, Greg Nelson
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NGC 3938 in a field of tiny galaxies in Ursa Major

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NGC 3938 in a field of tiny galaxies in Ursa Major, Greg Nelson
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NGC 3938 in a field of tiny galaxies in Ursa Major

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Busy travel and retirement schedule has kept me from posting in a a while, but not from acquiring images. I finally have fully processed data to get 7 linear images and this is the first final image with more to come this week and next.

This beautiful little galaxy in Ursa Major is over 40Mly away and roughly 67,000 light years in diameter. But if you examine the image you will find this "pond" teeming with tiny galaxies. This is one of the things I love about galaxy season. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by and looking.

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NGC 3938 in a field of tiny galaxies in Ursa Major, Greg Nelson