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The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 83 or M83, is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra, approximately 15 million light-years away from Earth. It was first discovered by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752.