Journey to The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy in Hydra | Hubble Space Telescope

Journey to The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy in Hydra | Hubble Space Telescope

Beginning with a wide view, this video zooms in through ground-based imagery to the Hubble and Magellan composite image of Messier 83, ending on Hubble's view. Messier 83 is a barred spiral galaxy that has hosted a remarkable number of supernova explosions, and appears to have a double nucleus at its core. The final Hubble image shows the scatterings of bright stars and thick dust that make up spiral galaxy Messier 83, otherwise known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. 

Distance from Earth: 15 million light years

Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
Acknowledgement: William Blair (Johns Hopkins University)

Duration: 1 minute
Release Date: Jan. 9, 2014

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