[Paul Haese]

Thanks everyone for the comments. Much appreciated.

Originally Posted by alpal

perfect image Paul,
I tried to find evidence elsewhere of some other structure in the halo.
All I could find was here:
https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/...in/Malin3.html

but it's not a nice large image.
It says


cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan. I think I can see extensions in the halo of the actual arms. It might well be averted imagination but perhaps there is even more dim structure to be collect and found at some point.

Originally Posted by Somnium

really wonderful image Paul, now if you could just stop stealing data you could have one of your very own JK

in all honesty, that has lifted the bar on M83 images, well done

LOL, thanks Aidan. I still think Eric's image is slightly sharper than mine, especially when you scale it down. It's been interesting to say the least.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

A lovely M83 Paul! My tastes would make me lessen the saturation though - just a little bit.

Cheers, Marcus

Agreed and done.

Originally Posted by graham.hobart

A real monster of a galaxy and a worthy picture Paul. Looks good enough to eat!!
The small BG galaxies at 9 o clock- are they related in anyway to M83? If so how haven't they been sucked into that monster's gravity well?
And if they are true background, would it be possible to detect gravitational lensing on them from M83? (just thinking out loud so may be totally barking up the wrong light pole again)
Anyway - another classic- extremely well done.
Graz

Thanks Graham. I don't think those galaxies are very close. The magnitude is stated as 12.2 and 16.16. That would make them much more distant given that they look like spirals too. I have no idea if they are being lens by M83. Perhaps someone in the know could help.