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Name: Southern Pinwheel Galaxy  - M83

 

Southern Pinwheel Galaxy  is a spiral  galaxy about 15 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra.

 

This Image is badly out of focus and requires more exposure.

 

Another target which needs to be re-done.

 

Date: 06/06/2008 Deepskystacker: Auto Adaptive Weigthed Average.
Location: Golden Grove.
Camera: Canon 20D - Standard Photoshop CS2: levels, colour balance, curves, saturation, scaling, jpeg conversion . 
Optics: Mead LX200R
Exposure:   13 x  300 Seconds.
Total Exposure:  65 Minutes.
Guiding: DSI on Skywatcher ED80.  
   

Position in Sky

 
RA (J2000):     13h 36.992m  
DEC (J2000):  -29* 51.706 '  
Constellation:  Hydra  
Distance: 15 Million Light Years