Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Southern Pinwheel" Galaxy M83
Original Caption Released with Image:
GALEX ultraviolet images suggest the M83 has unusual pockets of star formation separated by large distances from the spiral arms in the main disk of the galaxy.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC
Produced By:
California Institute of Technology
Mission:
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Spacecraft:
GALEX Orbiter
Target Name:
M83
Instrument:
GALEX Telescope
Product Size:
1245 samples x 1245 lines
facet_what:
Explorer
facet_what:
Galaxy Evolution Explorer
facet_what:
GALEX
facet_what:
GALEX Orbiter
facet_what:
GALEX Telescope
facet_where:
California
facet_where:
M83
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Stennis Space Center (SSC)
Image #:
PIA07903
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA07903
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Southern Pinwheel" Galaxy M83