Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth In M83, The Southern Pinwheel

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Sat, 11/07/2009 - 22:15

The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth in the graceful, curving arms of the nearby spiral galaxy M83.

Nicknamed the Southern Pinwheel, M83 is undergoing more rapid star formation than our own Milky Way galaxy, especially in its nucleus.


 

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