Deep sky · Galaxy in Hydra · M 83 · NGC 5236
M 83
Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
The Southern Pinwheel: a face-on barred spiral that had six supernovae in the 20th century alone.
- Type
- Galaxy
- Designations
- M 83 · NGC 5236
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Apparent magnitude
- 7.5
- Apparent size
- 13′ × 12′
- Position (J2000)
- RA 13h 37m · Dec −29° 52′
Look for
Low in northern skies but high in the south, it looks very much as our own galaxy would from outside.