The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Hydra, located about 15,000,000 light-years from Earth. With an apparent size of 11.0' x 10.0' and a magnitude of 7.6, it is best observed during spring.

Under dark skies, this object is considered Hard to observe with small amateur telescopes.

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Hydra

Distance

15000000 ly

Size

11.0' x 10.0'

Season

Spring

Difficulty

Hard

Magnitude

7.6