NGC 5236 or M83 in Hydra, Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy is a weakly barred,
grand design (two armed), spiral galaxy on the
borders of Hydra and Centaurus.
Hover over the image for an annotated view.
Date: 24 May 2023
FOV: approximately 60' × 40'; the angular size of M83 is about 12'
Telescope: Orion 127mm Mak-Cass (1540mm, f/12.1)
Guiding: ZWO ASI385MC planetary camera,
ZWO 30F4 30mm mini guide scope
Computer: ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
Mount: iOptron CEM40
Camera: ZWO ASI071MC pro cooled to -10°C
Pixel size: 4.78 μm
Resolution: 0.715 arcsec/pixel
Filter: none
Stacking: Fourteen 240 second frames using Pixinsight
with dark flats, darks, and flats preprocessed in Pixinsight
Total Time: 56 minutes
Processing: Pixinsight – SPCC, DBE, SPCC, DynCrop, BlurXT, NoiseXT,
HST, GHS, MStr, PMath MStr + GHS + HST, HDR6,
Bkg, PMath, max(HDR6,Bkg), Sat, DynCrop/Scale
Location: Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY