Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  M 83  ·  NGC 5236  ·  Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
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M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, Richard H
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M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

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M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

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Image via remote telescope on t31 at Australia's Sliding Springs Observatory.

M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC 5236, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 15 million light-years away in the constellation borders of Hydra and Centaurus. Nicolas Louis de Lacaille discovered M83 on February 23, 1752 at the Cape of Good Hope. Source: Wikipedia

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M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, Richard H