Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  M 83  ·  NGC 5236  ·  Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
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M83 a.k.a Southern Pin Wheel Galaxy, Pranay Kanwar
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M83 a.k.a Southern Pin Wheel Galaxy

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M83 a.k.a Southern Pin Wheel Galaxy, Pranay Kanwar
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M83 a.k.a Southern Pin Wheel Galaxy

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M83 a.k.a Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, or NGC 5236. Barred spiral galaxy ~15 mil ly away on the borders of Hydra and Centaurus. One of the closest and brightest barred spiral galaxies in the sky. The "Southern Pinwheel" nickname derives from its resemblance to the M101 a.ka. Pinwheel Galaxy.

33h 40m LRGB + H alpha image, H alpha blended into Red,  Combining two datasets from iTelescope.net and telescope.live

iTelescope.net  dataset is from a Planewave CDK with an SBIG 16803 camera. Frames

Luminance    22x900s, 04x1200s
Red    12x900s
Blue    12x900s
Green  10x900s
H alpha   5x1800s

Telescope.live dataset is from CHI-1, a Planewave CDK24 with FLI PL 9000 camera and Astrodon filters. Frames

Luminance    16x600s
Red    26x300s, 14x600s
Green   26x300s, 13x600s
Blue    26x300s, 13x600s    

Taken over Feb 2021 - Mar 2022.

Processed in AstroPixelProcessor and PixInsight.

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M83 a.k.a Southern Pin Wheel Galaxy, Pranay Kanwar