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Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83
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
.
Planewave CDK17, ZWO ASI2600MC Duo, Paramount MEII mount. 15 minute image At Desert Astro Observatory in Sierra Vista Dark skies. 6/7/24