NGC 3184
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ngc-3184-163-4583010
title:
NGC 3184
text:
NGC 3184, the Little Pinwheel Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Its name comes from its resemblance to the Pinwheel Galaxy. It was discovered on 18 March 1787 by German-British astronomer William Herschel. It has two HII regions named NGC 3180 and NGC 3181. NGC 3184 houses a high abundance of heavy elements. The blue color of its spiral arms comes mostly from relatively few bright young blue stars. The bright stars that highligh
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3184
date created:
2004-09-14T03:47:47Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T04:45:07Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q829301","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q829301"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/NGC3184_3.6_5.8_8.0_microns_spitzer.png","width":586,"height":548}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16