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.

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Über das Bild

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Veröffentlichungsdatum:10. August 2005
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Über das Objekt

Name:Messier 83
Typ:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Entfernung:15 Million Lichtjahre
Constellation:Hydra
Kategorie:Galaxies

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Koordinaten

Position (RA):13 37 0.95
Position (Dec):-29° 51' 56.56"
Field of view:6.83 x 6.80 arcminutes
Orientierung:Die Nordrichtung liegt 0.0° rechts zur Vertikale

Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichWellenlängeTeleskop
Optisch
B
440 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS2
Optisch
R
655 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS2
Infrarot
H-alpha
656 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS2