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M83 Southern Pinwheel

Messier 83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 15 million light-years away in the constellation borders of Hydra and Centaurus. Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille discovered M83 on 23 February 1752 at the Cape of Good Hope. It is one of the closest and brightest barred spiral galaxies in the sky.Its nickname of the Southern Pinwheel derives from its resemblance to the Pinwheel Galaxy M101.

 

Optic: Astro-Physics 127 Starfire

Mount: Celestron CGE PRO

Autoguider: ZWO ASI290MM mini, Phd guiding

Camera: QSI 583wsg

Filters: 31mm unmounted Astrodon gen. 2

Frames: L: 12X600sec Bin1 - RGB 4X600sec each Bin2 -25°

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

APT automation

SQM: 21.89

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Uploaded on August 4, 2022
Taken on June 29, 2022