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Spiral galaxy NGC 2841 in Ursa Major

by

Nasa/Esa/Novapix

Reference

a-gax28-41002

Date

2011-02-17

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a majestic disk of stars and dust lanes in this view of the spiral galaxy NGC 2841, which lies 46 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear). This image was taken in 2010 through four different filters on Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3. Wavelengths range from ultraviolet light through visible light to near-infrared light.