NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a majestic disk of stars and dust lanes in
this view of  the Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841.  A bright cusp  of starlight marks the 
galaxy's center.  Spiraling outward are dust lanes  that are silhouetted against
the population  of whitish middle-aged stars.  Much younger blue stars trace the
spiral arms.

Notably missing  are pinkish emission  nebulae indicative of new star birth.  It
is likely that  the radiation and supersonic winds  from fiery, super-hot, young 
blue stars  cleared  out  the remaining  gas (which glows pink), and  hence shut
down further star formation  in the regions in  which they  were born.  NGC 2841 
currently has  a relatively  low star formation  rate compared  to other spirals 
that are ablaze with emission nebulae.

NGC 2841 lies 46 million light-years  away  in the  constellation of  Ursa Major
(The Great Bear). This image was taken in 2010 through four different filters on
Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3.  Wavelengths range  from ultraviolet light through
visible light to near-infrared light.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

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