Ground-based image of M83 Taken at ESO in La Silla, Chile
This is an image of the galaxy M83, taken by the European Southern Observatory's Wide Field Imager on the ESO/MPG 2.2-metre telescope at La Silla, Chile.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0929c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 5 November 2009, 15:00 |
| Size: | 3077 x 4004 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 83 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Distance: | 15 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical V |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Optical R |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
