An image from the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) shows a striking celestial sight: the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, a gorgeous face-on galaxy that is one of the closest and brightest barred spiral ...
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 ...
One of the most famous galaxies in the collection is the so-called "Southern Pinwheel" galaxy, also known as NGC 5236 or M83. It is located around 15 million light-years away. "We strive to ...