NGC 2841 It’s hard to believe that this stunning galaxy is over 46 million light years awa
NGC 2841 It’s hard to believe that this stunning galaxy is over 46 million light years away. Larger than our Milky Way, this tightly wound spiral galaxy has many star forming regions (shown in pink), and hot, young stars seen in blue. This picture is showing only 22% of the total size of NGC 2841! Images from Chandra X-ray Observatory lead us to believe that hot gas plumes from supernovae blow well into the halo surrounding the main galaxy’s disk. -- source link
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