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Messier 83 (M83)

The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 83 (M83), is a barred spiral galaxy located in Hydra constellation. M83 lies at a distance of 15 million light years from Earth. It is one of the nearest and brightest spiral galaxies, and can even be seen in binoculars. The galaxy appears face-on when viewed from Earth.

 

This image consists of 10 hours and 10 minutes of data capturing 4 hours and 30 minutes of luminance data and approximately 2 hours of red, green and blue data.

 

Telescope: Tec 140mm

Mount: Astrophysics 100

Camera: SBIG STT 8300M

 

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Uploaded on May 16, 2016