M83: Southern Pinwheel in Hydra

Imaged on 4/10/05
Camera: SXH9 with autoguider
Scope: Takahashi FSQ 106 Refractor
Mount: Meade LX200
Autoguider: SX camera with 8" LX200
Exposure times: L 50min; RGB 15 min each
Site: Anza Borrego Desert
Temp: 44 degrees; breezy


M83 is 15 million light years away.

Image acquired by Bob Lockwood and
processed by Bob Lockwood and Michael Caligiuri