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                                   2022 March 3   
      
                              Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Vitali Pelenjow   
      
      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.   
      
                     Tomorrow's picture: multiwavelength crab   
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