M83 - The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

M83 - The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
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M83 - The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

Messier 83 or M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC 5236, is a barred spiral galaxy[7] 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.[9] It has an isophotal diameter at about 36.24 kiloparsecs (118,000 light-years). Its nickname of the Southern[a] Pinwheel derives from its resemblance to the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101).

*Info taken from Wikipedia
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
CHI-1-CMOS
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
QHY 600M
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
13-Apr-2023 through 27-Apr-2023
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Filters
LRGB
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Processing
Pixinsight
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