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NGC 3184 
Ursa Major
Penryn, California
February 2006 / 2009
FS-128 (ag, ST-4)
ST-2000XM RGB 15 minute subs
ST-2000XM Lum 10 minutes subs (2009)

NGC 3184 is classified SBc.  Surface brightness is 13.73 magnitude.  NGC 3184 is a stable galaxy with an apparently evenly distributed population of young stars.  Redshift distance is 28 Mly.

A type II supernova occurred in this galaxy in 1999.