The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (M83)

Posted by dcrowson
on Wednesday, March 16, 2016

M83 (NGC 5236 or the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy) is large barred spiral galaxy located approximately 15 million light-years away in Hydra. At -29 degrees declination, this one was only 28 degrees high when it crossed the meridian so it was a bit of a challenge to get decent data.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged March 12th through 15th, 2016 from Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/25840453855/sizes/l

See my refractor image here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/13581513534/.

Comments
To leave a comment you must be a member of our community.
Login to your account now, or register for an account to start participating.
No one has commented yet.
Join our Community!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

ADVERTISEMENT
FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER

Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. View our Privacy Policy.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Find us on Facebook