M83 Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia Equipment - GSO RC12 STXL11002 Guiding - AOX Software - MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot 5 LHaRGB 23 hours Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6 Object -Located in the constellation of Hydra at a distance of 15 million light years. The galaxy is commonly known as the Southern Pinwheel. Classified as a barred spiral and is one of the closest ones in the night sky to us. |