Galaxy
The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
Also M83 · NGC 5236
A bright, relatively nearby spiral galaxy, full of star-forming regions.
Measured
- Distance
- 15.2 million light-years
- Size
- about 62,000 light-years across (approximate)
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Position (J2000)
- RA 13h 37m 01s, Dec −29.87°
How far, from the Sun
15.2 million light-years. To cross it:
- Light15.2 million years
- Voyager 1's speed270 billion years
- Driving at 100 km/h164 trillion years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Facts
- Six supernovae have been seen in it during the 20th century.
- It is moving away from us at about 510 km/s (NASA/IPAC NED).
Where this comes from
- Cosmicflows-3, Tully, Courtois & Sorce 2016, AJ 152, 50 (4.66 Mpc)
- This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
- This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).
Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.