Southern Pinwheel - Spiral Galaxy M83

by Billy Beck

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Southern Pinwheel - Spiral Galaxy M83

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Billy Beck

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The Southern Pinwheel Spiral Galaxy, also known as the Spiral Galaxy M83 is about 15 millions light years from Earth. It can be found in the Hydra Constellation, the largest constellation in the sky. This image captures hundreds of thousands individual stars, thousands of star clusters, supernova remnants, interstellar bubbles, space clouds, space dust and a whole host of valuable information about star birth, life and death. The image stretches across about 50,000 light years This is a Hubble Space Telescope image credited to NASA and STScI.

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October 26th, 2019

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