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Messier 83

Galaxy
Messier 83 or M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC 5236, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 15 million light-years away in the constellation borders of Hydra and Centaurus. Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille discovered M83 on 17... Wikipedia
Distance to Earth: 15.04 million light years
Stars: 40 billion
Constellation: Hydra
Radius: 27,750 light years
Magnitude: 7.6
Age: 13.27 billion years
Declination: −29° 51′ 56.74″