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Originally Posted by mikemasey
Yes I have steilarium and it works very well.
I have seen what may be m83, it is in the right area. A fussy ball with a bright spot of centre and a dark band top to bottom.
To cludy last night for m31 but maybe tonight(about 22.00 acourding to steilarium)
mike.
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I think you were looking at Centaurus A (NGC5128) near Omega Centauri and a bit higher than M83. In fact my Stellarium is telling me M83 is well and truly below the horizon by 22:00.
NGC 5128 has the dark band across the middle (edge on dust lane) whilst M83 is a face on spiral galaxy. M83 is way to low to worry about getting a good view unless you try as soon as twilight ends. Try NGC 253 instead up high in the east at 22:00. Very nice and big galaxy to look at.