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Spiral galaxy Messier 83
If our Milky Way were to resemble this one, we certainly would be proud of our home ! The beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 83 [4] is located in the southern constellation Hydra (the Water Snake) and is also known as NGC 5236 and as the Southern Pinwheel galaxy. Its distance is about 15 million light-years. Being about twice as small as the Milky Way, its size on the sky is 11x10 arcmin2...
The image show clumpy, well-defined spiral arms that are rich in young stars, while the disc reveals a complex system of intricate dust lanes. This galaxy is known to be a site of vigorous star formation.
Kredit:ESO
O snímku
| Id: | eso0525b |
| Typ: | Pozorování |
| Datum zveřejnění: | 10. srpna 2005 |
| Související články: | eso0525 |
| Velikost: | 2048 x 2040 px |
O objektu
| Jméno: | Messier 83 |
| Typ: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Vzdálenost: | 15 milion světelné roky |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Kategorie: | Galaxies |
Souřadnice
| Position (RA): | 13 37 0.95 |
| Position (Dec): | -29° 51' 56.56" |
| Field of view: | 6.83 x 6.80 arcminutes |
| Orientace: | Sever je 0.0° pravá od svislé osy |
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Barvy & filtry
| Pásmo | Vlnová délka | Dalekohled |
|---|---|---|
| Optický B | 440 nm | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |
| Optický R | 655 nm | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |
| Infračervený H-alpha | 656 nm | Very Large Telescope FORS2 |