M83 from GALEX

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henk21cm
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M83 from GALEX

Post by henk21cm » Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:14 pm

G'day Apodimagers,

Saw an impressive image at:

http://www.galex.caltech.edu/media/glx2 ... img01.html

Full resolution image can be found as:

http://www.galex.caltech.edu/media/imag ... _img01.tif

Although M83 has performed 10 times as APOD, the recent composite image shows the combination of visual light and 21 cm radio emissions. The size of the southern pinwheel at radio frequencies is larger than at visual emissions only.
Regards,
 Henk
21 cm: the universal wavelength of hydrogen

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