Pinwheel galaxy

Messier 83, or the Southern Pinwheel is a face-on, barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Hydra. It lies at a distance of 15 million light years. This is the full color version. This image was processed with data provided by the Las Cumbres Observatory. The Principal Investigator for this data set was BJ Fulton. This image included data collected with B, V and I' filters. The data comes from 1 m telescopes at the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory and the South African Astronomical…

Messier 101 (The Pinwheel Galaxy)

The Pinwheel Galaxy is an exceptional deep sky astrophotography for early spring. Find M101 by star-hopping over from the handle of the Big Dipper.

Pinwheel Galaxy

The Pinwheel Galaxy M101 NGC 5457 is a face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. A new supernova (SN 2023ixf) was just discovered in M101 (starburst). This image was taken from my backyard with my Celestron Edge HD 9.25 telescope.

Spiral Galaxy M83

[/caption] Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It’s International Dark Skies Week and a great time to enjoy astronomy! We’ll start off with an impressive galaxy for even small optics and enjoy two meteor showers. There are planets and planetary nebula to explore, as well as some awesome globular clusters. If you’re in the mood, there’s some history … Continue reading "Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast – April 16-22, 2012"