Wallpaper author:
Marius Dinga
16 Jan 2026
NGC 2841
NGC 2841 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major.
This is the prototype for the flocculent spiral galaxy, a type of spiral galaxy whose arms are patchy and discontinuous. The morphological class is SAa, indicating a spiral galaxy with no central bar and very tightly-wound arms.
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NGC 2841
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