Galaxies
M83 – By Brad Moore
M83 the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Hydra. M83 is located 15 million light years from us and is like our own Galaxy, the Milky Way. Using a small telescope M83 will appear as a faint fuzzy patch and with a larger telescope a bright core and faint spiral arms will be visible.
Centaurus A – By Brad Moore
Centaurus A is a peculiar galaxy in the southern constellation of Centaurus and is known for it strong source of radio emissions. The galaxy may have been formed by an elliptical galaxy and a small spiral galaxy colliding together. In a small telescope the dust lanes will be visible and with a larger instrument most of the galaxy will be dimly visible.
