NGC 2841 – The Tiger’s Eye galaxy
Description:
This spiral galaxy is located in the direction of the constellation Ursa Major at an estimated distance of between 45 and 55 million light-years.
It is a flocculent galaxy with discontinuous spiral arms in which young blue stars can be observed. However, no emission nebulae are visible. It is likely that the radiation and supersonic winds from these young blue stars have cleared the region of remaining gas, destroying the star-forming regions where they were born.
Technical details:
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD14 and 0.7x focal reducer
Mount: Paramount MX+
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM
Filters: Baader RGB
Exposures: a total of 115 2-minute exposures with red, green, and blue filters.
Location: Sainte-Sophie, Qc
Date: February 2026
A close-up of a portion of the previous image allows us to identify distant quasars. The one labeled at the top is the most distant quasar I have ever recorded, with a redshift of 2.495 (a distance of 11 billion light-years).
The one labeled on the left is the faintest object I have ever photographed from my home, with a magnitude of 22.3 in the red and 22.7 in the blue.