Spiral galaxy Messier 83

Eso_eso0525b_1024

eso_eso0525b August 10th, 2005

Credit: ESO

If our Milky Way were to resemble this one, we certainly would be proud of our home ! The beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 83 [4] is located in the southern constellation Hydra (the Water Snake) and is also known as NGC 5236 and as the Southern Pinwheel galaxy. Its distance is about 15 million light-years. Being about twice as small as the Milky Way, its size on the sky is 11x10 arcmin2... The image show clumpy, well-defined spiral arms that are rich in young stars, while the disc reveals a complex system of intricate dust lanes. This galaxy is known to be a site of vigorous star formation.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0525b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Messier 83
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Eso_eso0525b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 37m 0.9s
DEC = -29° 51’ 56.6”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
6.8 x 6.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS2) Infrared (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Green VLT (FORS2) Optical (R) 655.0 nm
Blue VLT (FORS2) Optical (B) 440.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso0525b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
Messier 83
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2005-08-10T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0525b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha, R, B
Central Wavelength
656, 655, 440
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
204.253949, -29.865712
Reference Dimension
2048.0, 2040.0
Reference Pixel
979.709111234, 1010.18558668
Scale
-5.555015e-05, 5.555015e-05
Rotation
-0.02906836637
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0525b
Metadata Date
2009-01-07T16:42:29+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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