Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  M 83  ·  NGC 5236  ·  Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
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Messier 83 The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (again)  in RGB, Ian Parr
Messier 83 The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (again)  in RGB
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Messier 83 The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (again) in RGB

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Messier 83 The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (again)  in RGB, Ian Parr
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Messier 83 The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (again) in RGB

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Messier 83, known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC 5236, is a massive, grand design spiral galaxy approximately 15 million light-years away in the constellation borders of Hydra and Centaurus. It is one of the closest and brightest barred spiral galaxies in the sky, and is visible with binoculars.
Apparent magnitude is 7.6 and is arounf 12′.9 × 11′.5 arcminutes in size.

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Messier 83 The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (again)  in RGB, Ian Parr