
The southern pinwheel galaxy (M83) in Hydra checks almost every box that an amateur astronomer can desire. This amazing forbidden spiral extends to a heavy 14 ′ and, at 7.5, ranks into the 10 most bright galaxies of the sky. Its only defect place is the place – on the announcement of -30 °, it is located in the south compared to reading any other galaxy incontinue. “M83: Big, bright and beautiful”
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