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                                2022 March 3
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                           Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841
               Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Vitali Pelenjow

   Explanation: A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC
   2841 can be found in the northern constellation of [5]Ursa Major.
   [6]This deep view of the gorgeous [7]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 [8]wound [9]spiral arms.
   [10]In contrast, many other spirals exhibit grand, sweeping arms with
   large star-forming regions. [11]NGC 2841 has a diameter of over 150,000
   light-years, even larger than our own Milky Way. [12]X-ray images
   suggest that resulting winds and stellar explosions create plumes of
   hot gas extending into a halo around NGC 2841.

                  Tomorrow's picture: multiwavelength crab
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