NGC 5236
E473826
NGC 5236, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy or Messier 83, is a bright, nearby barred spiral starburst galaxy prominent in the constellation Hydra.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Messier object
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NGC object ⓘ barred spiral galaxy ⓘ deep-sky object ⓘ starburst galaxy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M83
NERFINISHED
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Messier 83 NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Pinwheel Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize | 13.1 × 11.5 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 7.5 ⓘ |
| catalogNumber |
M83
NERFINISHED
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Messier 83 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 5236 NERFINISHED ⓘ PGC 48082 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1752 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 15 million light-years
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approximately 4.5 megaparsecs ⓘ |
| hasActiveStarFormation | yes ⓘ |
| hasBar | yes ⓘ |
| hasColor |
bluish
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reddish star-forming regions ⓘ |
| hasNuclearStarburst | yes ⓘ |
| hasSpiralArms | yes ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
bright spiral arms
ⓘ
central bar ⓘ dust lanes ⓘ |
| hostGalaxyOf |
supernova SN 1923A
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supernova SN 1945B NERFINISHED ⓘ supernova SN 1950B NERFINISHED ⓘ supernova SN 1957D NERFINISHED ⓘ supernova SN 1968L NERFINISHED ⓘ supernova SN 1983N NERFINISHED ⓘ supernova SN 2008ha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNearbyGalaxy | yes ⓘ |
| isProminentIn | amateur astronomy ⓘ |
| isStarburstGalaxy | yes ⓘ |
| isVisibleFrom | Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Hydra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | SAB(s)c ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Hubble Space Telescope
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Spitzer Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Very Large Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ radio wavelengths ⓘ |
| partOf | local universe ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | 513 km/s ⓘ |
| redshift | 0.0017 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.