Zooming into the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
Twelve million light-years away lies the galactic masterpiece Messier 83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. Its swirling spiral arms display a high rate of star formation and host six detected supernovae. This image was captured with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.
Credit:Images, Videos, and Animation: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA/M. Garrison
Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab) & M. Zamani (NSFNOIRLab)
Music: Stellardrone - Twilight
About the Video
| Id: | noirlab2429c |
| Release date: | Dec. 6, 2024, 1 p.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2429 |
| Duration: | 11 s |
| Frame rate: | 29.97 |
