NGC 5236
South Pinwheel Galaxy
NGC 5236 is a late spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Hydra. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 5236:
| NGC: | NGC 5236 |
| Common name: | South Pinwheel Galaxy |
| Messier: | M 83 |
| Type: | galaxy |
| Galaxy type: | late spiral |
| Galaxy morph class: | Sc |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Surface brightness: | 22.2 mag/arcsec2 |
| V-mag (visual): | 7.21 |
| B-mag (blue): | 7.82 |
| J-mag (IR): | 5.54 |
| H-mag (IR): | |
| K-mag (IR): | 4.87 |
| Right Ascension: | 13:37:00.95 |
| Declination: | -29:51:55.50 |
| Major axis: | 13.61 ' |
| Minor axis: | 13.21 ' |
| Angle (major axis): | 45° |
| Radial velocity: | 519 km/s |
| Redshift: | 0.001733 |
Right Ascension (RA) units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination (Dec) units = DD:MM:SS.SS