NGC 3184--The Little Pinwheel Galaxy

 

NGC 3184 is a spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. Also known as the Little Pinwheel Galaxy, its distinctive blue color comes from a relatively small number of young, bright stars. The galaxy has two H II regions, NGC 3180 and NGC 3181 (see astrometry image). I was only able to capture around 35 minutes of data with the RASA 8 and Mallincam DS10C before the galaxy was lost in trees, but the image is still usable.