M 83 - Southern Pinwheel Galaxy in LRGB (David Arseneau)

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

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M 83 - Southern Pinwheel Galaxy in LRGB

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M 83 - Southern Pinwheel Galaxy in LRGB

I had one clear night during the new-ish moon this week before the rain moved in, so I wanted to see what I could achieve with my new mono camera in a limited amount of time. M 83 charts a nice, high path through the sky right now, and despite some poor seeing conditions towards the end of the session as it dipped back down to the horizon, I think it turned out alright. Always more processing skills to improve though.

M 83 is a massive grand design spiral galaxy located about 15 million LY from Earth, on the border of the constellations Centaurus and Hydra. This lovely gem forms the centre of one sub-group within the Centaurus A/M 83 group of galaxies (the other centre being the equally lovely Centaurus A), part of the massive Virgo Supercluster.

I hope you enjoy!

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RA (center)	13h36m57s.748
RA (top/left)	13h38m00s.485
RA (top/right)	13h35m54s.975
RA (bottom/right)	13h35m54s.663
RA (bottom/left)	13h38m00s.858

Dec (center)	-29°52′11″.80
Dec (top/left)	-29°38′32″.43
Dec (top/right)	-29°38′33″.60
Dec (bottom/right)	-30°05′49″.18
Dec (bottom/left)	-30°05′48″.79

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