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Spiral Galaxy M83: The Southern Pinwheel
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Spiral Galaxy M83: The Southern Pinwheel
Explanation:
M83
is one of
the closest and brightest
spiral galaxies
on
the sky.
Visible with binoculars in the constellation of
Hydra
, majestic spiral arms
have prompted its nickname as the Southern Pinwheel.
Although discovered 250 years ago,
only
much later
was it appreciated that
M83
was not a nearby gas cloud, but a
barred
spiral galaxy
much like our own
Milky Way Galaxy
.
M83,
pictured above
, is a prominent member
of a group of galaxies that includes
Centaurus A
and
NGC 5253, all of which lie about 15 million
light years
distant.
Several bright
supernova explosions
have been recorded in M83.
An intriguing
double
circumnuclear ring
has been discovered
at the center
of M83
.
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