Space / 2005-05-05
Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83
NASA's image library records Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83.
Ultraviolet images such as this one from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer suggest the M83 has unusual pockets of star formation separated by large distances from the spiral arms in the main disk of the galaxy. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07903
A CLOSER LOOK
Ultraviolet images such as this one from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer suggest the M83 has unusual pockets of star formation separated by large distances from the spiral arms in the main disk of the galaxy. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07903
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