Re: M83 - Galaxy in Hydra
- From: Odysseus <odysseus1479-at@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:08:19 GMT
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laura halliday <marsgal42@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 2, 1:36 am, ukastronomy <martin_piers_nichol...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The Messier Ten Minute Challenge
M83 - Galaxy in Hydra
Messier 83 (NGC 5236) although it is the most southerly of the Messier
galaxies- and hence harder to see for northern observers - is one of
the most conspicuous spiral galaxies in the sky.
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Minor point, though: M83 is not the most southerly Messier object. [...]
He did say "galaxies", not "objects".
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