... Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841 . ... Some 50 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC 2841 can be found in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. ... Across the Universe . ... Even the faintest stars visible to the eye are merely hundreds or thousands of light-years distant, all well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. Of course, if you know where to look you can also spot the Andromeda Galaxy as a pale, fuzzy cloud, around 2.5 million light-years away. The N44 Complex . ...