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    Messier 83 or M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC 5236, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 15 million light-years away in the...
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    The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas...
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  • M83 (redirect from M-83)
    M83 or M-83 may refer to: Messier 83, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra M83 Group, a group of galaxies centered around Messier 83 M-83, a Soviet...
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    (type II, mag. 14), and SN 2014L (type Ic, mag. 15.4). List of Messier objects Messier 83 - a similar face-on spiral galaxy Pinwheel Galaxy - a similar...
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  • Messier 101, a galaxy referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy Messier 83, a galaxy referred to as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33)...
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    ..870...32K. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaef8c. S2CID 119328315. "Messier 16". SEDS Messier Catalog. Retrieved 21 July 2024. Martin MacPhee (8 July 2014)...
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    2023 List of Messier objects Messier 74 – Face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces – a similar face-on spiral galaxy Messier 83 – Barred spiral...
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    M83 Subgroup, at a distance of 14.9 Mly (4.56 Mpc), is centered on the Messier 83 (M83), a face-on spiral galaxy. This group is sometimes identified as...
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    children to take up the sport." Messier was born in St. Albert, Alberta, the son of Mary-Jean (Dea) and Doug Messier. He was the second son and third...
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    Commons has media related to Messier 10. Messier 10, SEDS Messier pages Messier 10, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page Messier 10 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS...
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    of roughly -13.3. Pinwheel Galaxy Bode's galaxy Cigar galaxy NGC 2787 Messier 83 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3184. Retrieved 2010-06-01...
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    2002. "ESO Provides An Infrared Portrait of the Barred Spiral Galaxy Messier 83."[permanent dead link] November 29, 2001. A press release from the European...
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    Alphard. This grouping was discovered by Charles Messier in 1771, but there is no cluster precisely where Messier indicated; he made an error, as he did with...
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  • astronomy-mall.com. SEDS, Messier 81 S. J. O'Meara (1998). The Messier Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University. ISBN 978-0-521-55332-2. "Messier 81 naked-eye"....
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    Messier 84 or M84, also known as NGC 4374, is a giant elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Charles Messier discovered the object...
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    Messier 62 by the Hubble Space Telescope; 1.65′ field of view Globular Cluster M62 - wide field view Map showing the location of M62. List of Messier...
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  • a super-prime, because 23 is prime. The atomic number of bismuth (Bi) Messier object M83, a magnitude 8.5 spiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra, also...
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    ..54..661T. "Messier 108: Surfboard Galaxy". Messier Objects: Guide to the Bright Galaxies, Nebulae and Clusters Listed in the Messier Catalogue. 26...
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    Andromeda Galaxy (redirect from Messier 31)
    Messier 31". Astrophysical Journal. 69: 103–158. Bibcode:1929ApJ....69..103H. doi:10.1086/143167. Baade, Walter (1944). "The Resolution of Messier 32...
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    S2CID 18877294. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 15. Messier 15, SEDS Messier pages Messier 15, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page Globular...
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    The Astrophysical Journal. 807 (1): 83. arXiv:1505.03407. Bibcode:2015ApJ...807...83G. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/807/1/83. S2CID 118555601. Robert Sanders (4...
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    subgroups within the Centaurus A/M83 Group, a nearby group of galaxies. Messier 83 (the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy) is at the center of the other subgroup...
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    suggestion to assign the galaxy a Messier number was made by Kenneth Glyn Jones in 1967, making it the last member of the Messier List. This galaxy has a morphological...
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  • were discovered in the Andromeda Galaxy, 8 in Messier 81, 1 in the Triangulum Galaxy, and 1 in Messier 83. A single luminous red nova was observed in NGC...
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    close-up view of the rose-coloured star forming region Messier 17. List of Messier objects Messier object New General Catalogue "NGC 6618". SIMBAD. Centre...
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    Dusty and Extremely Red Progenitor of the Type II Supernova 2023ixf in Messier 101". astro.paperswithcode.com. Retrieved 25 November 2023. Qin, Y.; Zhang...
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    Stellar Lagoon — ESA/Hubble Photo Release Messier 8, SEDS Messier pages NightSkyInfo.com – M8, the Lagoon Nebula Messier 8, Pete's Astrophotography Gallery Archived...
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    Trifid Nebula (redirect from Messier 20)
    Nebula Trifid Nebula seen at different wavelengths List of Messier objects List of nebulae Messier object New General Catalogue Wikipedia Project: Astronomical...
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  • −65° 58′ 27″ 14.1 5194 Messier 51a; Whirlpool Galaxy Spiral galaxy Canes Venatici 13h 29m 52.4s +47° 11′ 41″ 8.8 5195 Messier 51b Interacting galaxy Canes...
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    first patients at a temporary location in Philadelphia. February 23 – Messier 83 (M83), the "Southern Pinwheel Galaxy" and the first to be cataloged outside...
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