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M83
M83 - Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
Messier 83 (also known
as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, M83 or NGC 5236)
is an intermediate spiral galaxy approximately 15
million light-years away in the constellation
Hydra. It is one of the closest and brightest
barred spiral galaxies in the sky, making it
visible with binoculars. Six Supernovae (SN 1923A,
SN 1945B, SN 1950B, SN 1957D, SN 1968L and SN
1983N) have been observed in M83.
Nearby galaxies and galaxy group information
M83 is at the centre of one of two subgroups
within the Centaurus A/M83 Group, a nearby group
of galaxies.Centaurus A is at the center of the
other subgroup. These two groups are sometimes
identified as one group and sometimes identified
as two groups. However, the galaxies around
Centaurus A and the galaxies around M83 are
physically close to each other, and both subgroups
appear not to be moving relative to each other.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia)
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Information
 | Instrument: Vixen VC200L |
| Mount: Vixen New Atlux |
| Exposure: 5 min x LRGB |
| Camera: SBIG STL11k |
| Sensitivity: N/A |
| Date: March 8, 2009 |
| Exposure start: 3AM |
| Location: Cranbourne, Vic |
| Autoguider: Via SBIG |
| Enhancement: |
Notes: First Shot with SBIG guiding and capturing.
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