This image of M83 is single 10 minute exposures taken on March 24, 2001 with my Ritchey-Chretien 12.5 inch F/7.25 telescope, with a SBIG ST-8 and the AO-7 Adaptive Optics. I put a Astrophysics .75 focal reducer on the scope before I took this image.
RA (2000)
13h, 37m, 00.0s
DEC (2000)
-29°, 52', 00"
Magnitude
8.0
Size
11.2 x 10.2 arc min
Constellation
Hydra
Other Name
NGC5236
Distance
8.5 Million Light Years
Radial Velocity
Unknown
Object Type
Sc I-II Galaxy
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