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Gorgeous New Image Shows a Pinwheel Galaxy in Exquisite Detail – Gizmodo Australia
An observatory in northern Chile has captured a stunning view of Messier 83, also known as the Spiral of the Southern Pinwheel. Messier 83 is an almost perfect…
An observatory in northern Chile has captured a stunning view of Messier 83, also known as the Spiral of the Southern Pinwheel.
Messier 83 is an almost perfect illustration of what a spiral galaxy is stereotypically supposed to look like. This is because we have the fortune of seeing it from a practically perfect overhead, or face-on, perspective.
The new image was acquired with the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) attached to the Víctor M. Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory…
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