M83 - The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
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
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
Telescope
CHI-1-CMOS
Camera
QHY 600M
Location
Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile
Date of observation
13-Apr-2023 through 27-Apr-2023
Filters
LRGB
Processing
Pixinsight