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Galaxy M83 in Hydra

by

S.Guisard/R.Gendler/Novapix

Reference

a-gax52-36011

Date

2007-07-02

Messier 83 (also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, M83 or NGC 5236) is a galaxy that is in between the classifications of spiral and barred spiral galaxy. It is approximately 15 million light-years away in the Hydra constellation.