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Hurry up, we're dreaming 🌌⁣ The spiral galaxy M83 – known as the Southern Pinwheel – lies 15 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra and was first discovered by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752. M83 is one of the brightest galaxies in the sky and can be seen with binoculars, most easily in May.⁣ ⁣ NASAHubble captured this image of M83 with its hundreds of thousands of stars and thousands of star clusters, showing off the galaxy's spiral structure and revealing interstellar "bubbles" produced by supernova remnants. By studying the remains of these massive star explosions, scientists can better understand the stellar circle of life.⁣ ⁣ Image descriptions: Arms of a spiral galaxy sparkle in specks of blue and pink, curving around a bright pink-white mass in the center-right portion of the photo. The next slide is a continuation of the galaxy, with a bright pink-yellow spot in the left part of the slide with curving concentric spirals in purple in the left ...

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