Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 7.6
gptkbp:body_style gptkb:physicist
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:conducts_surveys_on gptkb:SDSS
gptkb:2_MASS
gptkbp:contains gptkb:NGC_5253
gptkb:battle
star formation regions
about 100 billion stars
approximately 2 solar masses per year
gptkbp:coordinates gptkb:battle
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:battle
southern hemisphere
southern sky
small telescopes
gptkbp:diameter approximately 50,000 light-years
50,000 light-years
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:James_Dunlop
gptkb:Nicholas_Louis_de_Lacaille
gptkbp:distance 15 million light-years
approximately 4.5 million light-years
gptkbp:emergency_services gptkb:battle
gptkbp:exhibition NGC catalog
gptkbp:foot gptkb:battle
gptkbp:has_ahistory_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:has_color blue and white
B-V = 0.5
B-V = 0.6
gptkbp:has_feature gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:has_luminosity gptkb:SN_1957_D
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:has_spectral_type SAB(rs)bc
Sbc
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
gptkbp:impact galaxy interactions
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Messier_catalog
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in galaxy morphology
gptkbp:is_associated_with starburst activity
gptkbp:is_home_to various nebulae
gptkbp:is_known_for gptkb:NGC_2924
gptkb:Messier_83
its prominent spiral arms
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
optical wavelengths
infrared wavelengths
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Local_Group
gptkb:Virgo_Supercluster
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:observatory
chemical composition
stellar dynamics
stellar populations
dark matter presence
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Hydra_constellation
RA 9h 43m 18s, Dec -29° 51' 56"
gptkbp:mass young and old stars
approximately 10 billion solar masses
gptkbp:members M83 group
gptkbp:notable_feature barred structure
gptkbp:notable_for its bright core
gptkbp:notable_models S Bc
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:photography amateur astronomers
gptkbp:population high in core region
gptkbp:redshift 0.0011
gptkbp:research galaxy evolution
gptkbp:scientific_classification Hubble Space Telescope catalog
gptkbp:targets galaxy formation studies
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
barred spiral galaxy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:M83_galaxy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6