This beautiful image of NGC 2841, a galaxy only 46 million light years away, depicts one of the more massive galaxies we know of. The beautiful red color is because most of the stars in the galaxy are old and there is little star formation. The spiral arms are very tightly wound and star clusters are embedded within them. Most other galaxies have very large regions of blue star formation but this ancient galaxy has few of these areas.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
APOD 4.5
This beautiful image of NGC 2841, a galaxy only 46 million light years away, depicts one of the more massive galaxies we know of. The beautiful red color is because most of the stars in the galaxy are old and there is little star formation. The spiral arms are very tightly wound and star clusters are embedded within them. Most other galaxies have very large regions of blue star formation but this ancient galaxy has few of these areas.
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