M83 = Thousand Rubies Galaxy (Narrow Field) (Gary JONES)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Hydra (Hya) · Contains: HD118333 · M 83 · NGC 5236 · Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

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M83 = Thousand Rubies Galaxy (Narrow Field)

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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M83 = Thousand Rubies Galaxy (Narrow Field)

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

I was very pleased with my first image of the beautiful Thousand Rubies Galaxy (aka the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy), and even more pleased with my second attempt, which was the first image I'd ever processed using PixInsight.

Although this image has been extracted from the second image, I consider it a new image rather than a revision, because it has been reprocessed and represents M83 using a different field of view.

I created this cropped version to highlight the fine nebulosity and colour in the Galaxy's core, and the beautiful red and blue stars in its spiral arms.

Several small galaxies can be seen in this image, including PGC724525 and PGC48132 near the centre, just below M83.

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Description: A small revision to highlight the colour of the core.

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Description: This revision is a blend of two images processed separately from the same source data - one RGB only, and one LRGB. The provides softer stars with better dynamic range, clearer definition of red and blue stars in the spiral arms, and a nicer rendition of the galaxy's core.

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	7674295
PixInsight job	3XZKBPXUT5OVZXLYV59M7HULDU00WA3F
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	13h37m00s.537
RA (top/left)	13h36m26s.342
RA (top/right)	13h36m25s.365
RA (bottom/right)	13h37m34s.833
RA (bottom/left)	13h37m35s.615

Dec (center)	-29°51′58″.57
Dec (top/left)	-29°40′38″.68
Dec (top/right)	-30°03′11″.70
Dec (bottom/right)	-30°03′18″.92
Dec (bottom/left)	-29°40′45″.49

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