Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  M 83  ·  NGC 5236  ·  Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
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M83 The Southern Pinwheel, Mathieu Guinot
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M83 The Southern Pinwheel

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M83 The Southern Pinwheel

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The fantastic Messier 83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC 5236, is a  is a nearby face-on barred spiral galaxy located approximately 15 millions light-years away in the constellation borders of Hydra and Centaurus. It stretches over 40 000 light-years, making it roughly 2.5 times smaller than our own Milky Way.

I was surprised by the abundance and intensity of the Halpha regions without Ha filter exposures within the famous and exciting galaxy of a thousand rubies.

Data set from telescope Live, taken with CHI-1 telescope at El Sauce Observatory, Chile, from february to july 2021.

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M83 The Southern Pinwheel, Mathieu Guinot

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