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M83_V5b, Stephen Duffy

M83_V5b

M83_V5b, Stephen Duffy

M83_V5b

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M83 is in the Southern constellation Hydra, and is sometimes called the Southern Pinwheel. It's about 100,000 LY in diameter and about 13 MLY away from us, fairly close by galactic standards. From most of the US it is low on the horizon, and therefore difficult to photograph. The blue areas are new, hot stars. The yellow-gold areas are older, cooler stars mixed with dust. The pink areas are hydrogen clouds forming nebulas and giving birth to new stars.

This image was taken in Southern New Mexico, at Rusty's RV Ranch, through the generosity of Rick Needham.
Telescope TEC 140, Camera QSI683, Mount MYT
10 hours Luminance, 2.5 hours each for RGB
Reprocessed April 2023

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M83_V5b, Stephen Duffy