This picture is called "Massive Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841" and it shows just that. This jaw-dropping image shows a galaxy found in the constellation Ursa Major; even larger than our own Milky Way with a diameter of over 150,000 light years. It is 46 million light years away. In this "island universe" (a term for spiral galaxies like our own), you can see young blue star clusters and pink star-forming regions embedded in the dust galactic disk. The spiral arms of this galaxy are very tightly-wound. According to hubblesite.org, 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.
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