Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  HD118333  ·  M 83  ·  NGC 5236  ·  Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
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M83 Southern Pinwheel

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The spiral galaxy M83 lies a mere twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip of the very long constellation Hydra. Prominent spiral arms traced by dark dust lanes and blue star clusters lend this galaxy its popular name, The Southern Pinwheel. ... M83 is a member of a group of galaxies that includes active galaxy Centaurus A. In fact, the core of M83 itself is bright at x-ray energies, showing a high concentration of neutron stars and black holes left from an intense burst of star formation.  {NASA APOD 2019).

The 27.8h of HaLRGB data were collected at DSW Chile between 5 June and 16 July 2021. 

3/6/22 Version G: unflipped. North is to the lower right in this image.

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