Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2841
NGC 2841, Jan Scheers
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NGC 2841

NGC 2841, Jan Scheers
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NGC 2841

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NGC 2841 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Ursa Major, approximately 46 million light-years distant from Earth.
It is one of the more massive galaxies known and has a diameter of over 150,000 light-years, even larger than our own Milky Way. 
It is a prototypical flocculent spiral galaxy, a type of spiral galaxy whose arms are patchy and discontinuous.

Image captured with the Officina Stellare ProRC 700 telescope and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Spain.

Total integration time 100 minutes.
LRGB 4:2:2:2  subs of 600s with each filter.

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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NGC 2841, Jan Scheers