Basic object information
Name: M 83
Type of object: Galaxy
Magnitude: 7.5
Surface brightness: 12.6 mag/sq arcmin
Size: 11.2'x10.2'
Object classification: Sc
Description: vB,vL,E55,esBMN,spir
Notes: Fast SupNova producer-4 in 50 yrs
Catalog position for epoch J2000.0
Right ascension: 13h 37m 00.2s
Declination: -29° 52' 04"
Constellation: Hydra
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Obs. place: Boca de Tauce (1980m above sea level), Tenerife, Spain
Date/Time: 17/18.4.2004 23:15
Telescope: Newton 110/805mm
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Magn: 64x |
Filter: |
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Field: 47' |
NE Lim.mag: 6,6 |
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Background sky: 3 |
Seeing: 3 |
Height: 21°
Visuality: II
Weather: +2°C, windy
Easy counter-clockwise spiral structure was in view at 64x. Starlike nucleus. A star just west from the centralbar.