Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  M 83  ·  NGC 5236  ·  Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
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SOUTHERN PINWHEEL GALAXY (M83), Drew Evans
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SOUTHERN PINWHEEL GALAXY (M83)

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SOUTHERN PINWHEEL GALAXY (M83), Drew Evans
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SOUTHERN PINWHEEL GALAXY (M83)

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The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (M83) is an object I never could image back in Philly, being too low on the horizon and fighting extremely bad light pollution.  I was so relieved to finally be able to image it here in Northern Arizona this spring.

M83 is a barred spiral galaxy located 15.21 million light years from Earth in the southern constellation Hydra. With a spatial diameter of about 55,000 light years, or roughly half the size of the Milky Way, M83 is one of the nearest and brightest barred spirals in the sky.

OTA: Celestron 11" RASA 620mm f/2
Mount: Celestron CGX-L
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Gain: 120
Cooling Temperature: -10 degrees celsius

Filter: Optolong LPro

3.6 hours total acquisition time (107 x 120s)

Auto-guiding: ZWO ASI290MM Mini and ZWO 60mm Guidescope
Control: ZWO ASIAIR Pro

Calibrated in Astro Pixel Processor with darks and flats
Processed in Pixinsight and Lightroom

Location: Bortle Class 2 skies outside Flagstaff, Arizona
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #stars #galaxy #M83

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SOUTHERN PINWHEEL GALAXY (M83), Drew Evans