Posted on Mar 3, 2022

APOD: 2022 March 3 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841

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Good morning, Rallypoint, and welcome to the March 3rd Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841." Lying 46 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major (e.g. The Big Dipper), today's composite image was produced using 32 exposures taken during the months of November 2021 - January 2022. NGC 2841 was first discovered by William Herschel on March 9, 1788.

APOD: 2022 March 3 - Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841

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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL

Posted 2 y ago

Good morning my friend, thanks for sharing the March 3rd Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841. As previously stated, "no one does it better from above" have a great day Brother William.

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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price

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You too SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL.

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LTC Stephen F.

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Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the March 3rd Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): 'Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841.’

Image: Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841

"Explanation: A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC 2841 can be found in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. This deep view of the gorgeous island universe was captured during 32 clear nights in November, December 2021 and January 2022. It shows off a striking yellow nucleus, galactic disk, and faint outer regions. Dust lanes, small star-forming regions, and young star clusters are embedded in the patchy, tightly wound spiral arms. In contrast, many other spirals exhibit grand, sweeping arms with large star-forming regions. NGC 2841 has a diameter of over 150,000 light-years, even larger than our own Milky Way. X-ray images suggest that resulting winds and stellar explosions create plumes of hot gas extending into a halo around NGC 2841."

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