M83 spiral galaxy

The Southern Pinwheel - M83 is a lovely, flat-on, bared galaxy residing in the constellation of Hydra.

 

This galaxy was taken with a Takahashi FS-128 mm refractor with a QSI 583 camera and Astrodon LRGB filters.

 

10x480 seconds luminance

7x240 seconds RGB each, total integration time 2hours 34mins

Mount: Astro-Physics 1100gto

Location: LMDSS, Heathcote, Victoria, Australia

Camera: QSI583

Camera cooling: -30c

Image scale 1.07"/pix

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