Wallpaper author:
Jan Scheers
09 Feb 2022
NGC 2841
NGC 2841 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Ursa Major, approximately 46 million light-years distant from Earth.
It is one of the more massive galaxies known and has a diameter of over 150,000 light-years, even larger than our own Milky Way.
It is a prototypical flocculent spiral galaxy, a type of spiral galaxy whose arms are patchy and discontinuous.
Image captured with SPA-2 via an advanced request.
Total integration time 100 minutes.
LRGB 4:2:2:2 subs of 600s.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2841
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 140.511 Dec 50.97648
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................17 Nov 2020 - 07 Dec 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 100 | 20m | 12 |
| Green | 110 | 22m | 12 |
| Blue | 153 | 28m | 11 |