This is a picture of the galaxy M83 that is 12 million light years away. It is located near the southeastern tip of the constellation hydra. The picture was made using the Hubble archives and is nicknamed the southern pinwheel because of the bright blue stars around its spiral arms. It is also called the thousand ruby galaxy because of its many reddish stars. It is around 25,000 light years across.
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