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

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M83

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M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC 5236, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 15 million light-years away in the constellation borders of Hydra and Centaurus. Image consists of 68 300 sec exposures using Lum, Red, Green, and Blue filters.  Total integration time was 5.7 hours.

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M83, Glenn Kaatz