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Spiral Galaxy M83
September 12, 1995Anglo-Australian Telescope
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Explanation:
Long winding spiral arms are clearly evident on this spectacular picture of
the spiral
galaxy M83. The blue color of the
spiral arms is caused by the relatively large fraction of young blue stars
there. Dark
dust lanes are
mixed in with the stars and trace the spiral structure of the galaxy. This
galaxy contains many billions of stars, and its light took many millions of
years to reach us. Our own
Milky Way Galaxy would appear similar to this if
viewed from M83!
This picture is number eight on a publicly posted list of
images from the
Anglo-Australian
Telescope (AAT).
Tomorrow's picture: Elliptical Galaxy M87
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About This Image
Long winding spiral arms are clearly evident on this spectacular picture of the spiral galaxy M83. The blue color of the spiral arms is caused by the relatively large fraction of young blue stars there. Dark dust lanes are mixed in with the stars and trace the spiral structure of the galaxy. This galaxy contains many billions of stars, and its light took many millions of years to reach us. Our own Milky Way Galaxy would appear similar to this if viewed from M83! This picture is number eight on a publicly posted list of images from the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT).
On This Day in Space History
On September 12, 1962, President Kennedy delivered his famous "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
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