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ESO 25/08 - Associated Image
2 September 2008
For Immediate Release
The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy
A prodigious pinwheel shines in the darkness
ESO PR Photo 25/08
The Spiral Galaxy Messier 83
[Preview - JPEG: 400 x 472 pix - 80k]
[Normal - JPEG: 800 x 943 pix - 290k]
[Full Res - JPEG: 4432 x 5226 pix - 23M]
[Full Res - TIFF: 4432 x 5226 pix - 47M]
![[Preview - JPEG: 400 x 472 pix - 80k]](images/phot-25-08-preview.jpg){kind=link}
![[Normal - JPEG: 800 x 943 pix - 290k]](images/phot-25-08-normal.jpg){kind=link}
![[Full Res - JPEG: 4432 x 5226 pix - 23M]](images/phot-25-08-fullres.jpg){kind=link}
Colour-composite image of the startling spiral galaxy Messier 83, made using data from the Wide Field Imager on the ESO/MPG 2.2-m telescope at La Silla. The WFI stared at M83 for four periods of 25 minutes through different filters (B, V, R, Halpha). The data were extracted from the ESO Science Archive and processed by Davide De Martin. The field of view covered by the image is about 17 x 17 arcmin.