NGC 2903 Isolated Barred Spiral Galaxy

NGC 2903 is a barred spiral galaxy roughly 20 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by German born astronomer William Herschel and was cataloged in 1784. NGC 2903 shows an exceptional rate of star formation near the center of the galaxy and is only 80,000 light years across.

Constellation Leo

Distance about 30 million light-years from Earth

Size 12′ across in our sky