M83: Star Streams and a Thousand Rubies

By |2024-07-03T09:09:07-04:00July 3rd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Big, bright, and beautiful, spiral galaxy M83 lies a mere twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip of the very long constellation Hydra. About 40,000 light-years across, M83 is known as the Southern Pinwheel for its pronounced spiral arms. But the wealth of reddish star forming regions found near [...]