Southern Pinwheel Galaxy [aka M83]

M83 Galaxy in LHaRGB

This beautiful image captures thousands of individual stars, star clusters and hundreds of supernova remnants in the spiral galaxy known as M83.

Located 15 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Hydra. It was discovered in 1752 by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. With an apparent magnitude of 7.5, M83 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies in the night sky. It can be observed using a pair of binoculars most easily in May.

200 mins of Lum
27 x 20 mins Ha
6 X 10 mins RGB
Equipment: CDK 600 with FLI proline 16803 ccd

Location: Observatorio El Sauce

Copyright: @mattdieterich & Utkarsh Mishra (processing)