Posted on 03/23/2023 1:42:33 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC 2841 can be found in planet Earth's night sky toward the northern constellation of Ursa Major. This sharp image centered on the gorgeous island universe also captures spiky foreground Milky Way stars and more distant background galaxies within the same telescopic field of view. It shows off the bright nucleus of NGC 2841, along with its inclined galactic disk, and faint outer regions. Dust lanes, small star-forming regions, and young star clusters are embedded in the galaxy's patchy, tightly wound spiral arms. In contrast, many other spirals exhibit broader, sweeping arms with large star-forming regions. NGC 2841 has a diameter of over 150,000 light-years, making it even larger than our own Milky Way. X-ray images suggest that extreme outflows from giant stars and stellar explosions create plumes of hot gas extending into a halo around NGC 2841.
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It’s like a jewel in the sky.
Looks like a nice neighborhood.
We need portals.
But I bet they have democRATs too.
Lovely, just lovely.
Lovely, just lovely.
It will be hard to find the hush money in a galaxy 46 million light-years away...when we don’t even know which planet around which star it might be hidden on.
A beautiful “Island Universe” in its own right.
I like going to APOD and looking up the astrophotographer of the picture and going to the web site where he posted it originally, looking at what kind of equipment he used. In this case, https://www.astrobin.com/n28mvx/.
Lots of great astrophotos there.
I wish I had gotten into astrphotography years ago. It can be an expensive hobby. 🔭
They should post the price tag for those cool toys, just in case some fool like me gets the itch.
They are easy to find online.
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