Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

barred spiral galaxy · M83 · in Hydra

15.6 million light-years from Earth

A bright, nearly face-on barred spiral, crowded with pink star-forming regions. Astronomers have seen six supernovae explode in it since 1923, among the most for any galaxy.

• 15.6 million light-years · about 60,000 light-years across
• six supernovae seen in it since 1923

kind

galaxy

catalogue

M83 · NGC 5236

size

62,000 light-years across