• NGC 5236 or M83 in Hydra, Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
    • M83 in Hydra, Southern Pinwheel
  • The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy is a weakly barred,
  • grand design (two armed), spiral galaxy on the
  • borders of Hydra and Centaurus.
  • Date:  24 May 2023
  • FOV:  approximately 60' × 40'
  • Telescope:  Orion Apex 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope
  • 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
  • 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, BlurXT, NoiseXT,
  • GHS, HDRMST, GHS/Saturation, DynCrop
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY