| M83 (NGC5236) / Galaxy, type SAB(s)c II |
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| R.A. | 13h 37m 0.2s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | -29° 52' 04" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 13×12' |
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| Radial Velocity | +786km/s |
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| Magnitude | 8.2 |
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| Distance | 15.3 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | NGC5128 Group |
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| Other IDs | ESO444-81, MCG-5-32-50,
UGCA366, PGC48082 |
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M83 is a bright galaxy around the tail of Hydra. The galaxy has almost same right ascension with Spica, alpha Vir,
and positioned just 19 degrees south of Spica.
M83 has a shape of typical "Bared Galaxy", a clear bar can be seen stretched to NE and SW, and two spirals are coiled up from each tip of the bar.
Those unique structures can be captured in films very easily, and you can see those indistinctly with the medium-sized scopes and cleared night sky.
It can be said that M83 is a very rare galaxy because we can hardly recognize the spiral structure in almost all other galaxies with naked eyes via telescopes.
And it's considered that M83 is only one galaxy the clear spirals had been recorded in sketches before the astro-photographic technology was invented and developed.
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