Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2841
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NGC 2841  &  PGC 26572, Roland Schliessus
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NGC 2841 & PGC 26572

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NGC 2841 & PGC 26572

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NGC 2841 is an active Hubble-type Sb core spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of the Ursa Major. Depending on the measurement method, it is estimated to be between 30 and 65 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 light-years.
Together with NGC 2500, NGC 2537, NGC 2541, NGC 2552 and NGC 2681, it forms the NGC 2841 group of galaxies.
In this galaxy the supernovae SN 1912A, SN 1957A (Type Ia/P), SN 1972R (Type Ib) and SN 1999by (Type Ia/P) were observed.
The object was discovered on March 9, 1788 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel.
===================== Source: Wikipedia ========================

PGC 26572 is at the bottom right - it is a SdBR galaxy (an Sd barred galaxy with a ring)
The PGC database is available online at HyperLeda, http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/
===================== Source: Rick Veregin ========================

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