NGC 2841
Classified as an unbarred flocculent spiral galaxy NGC 2841 lies 46 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Larger than our own Milky Way it has a diameter of over 150,000 light years. Flocculent spirals feature short spiral arms rather than prominent and well defined galactic limbs. These arms contain many star clusters with large populations of young blue stars with whitish middle-aged stars present. Spiraling out from the center are dark dust lanes that are silhouetted against the arms. This galaxy has had a history of supernovae explosions within it, the most recent going off in 1999.
OTA: Vixen VC200L
Camera: Atik 460ex w/EFW2 filter wheel
Filters: LRGB
Mount: CGEM DX
Exposure: L:R:G:B 180:54:54:54 (m) rgb bin 2x2
Data obtained: March 2014