Messier 83 ko M83, wanda aka fi sani da Kudancin Pinwheel Galaxy da NGC 5236, wani galaxy ne mai tsaka-tsakin tsaka-tsakin kusan kimanin shekaru miliyan 15 a cikin tauraron Hydra. Nicolas Louis de Lacaille ya gano M83 a ranar 23 ga Fabrairu, 1752 a Cape of Good Hope. Charles Messier ya kara da shi zuwa ga kundin abubuwan da yake da shi na nebulous (wanda aka sani da Messier Catalog) a watan Maris 1781. Wannan yana daya daga cikin mafi kusa da mafi haske barred spiral galaxies a sararin samaniya, yana sa ya zama bayyane tare da binoculars. Sunansa na Kudancin Pinwheel ya fito ne daga kamanninsa da Pinwheel Galaxy (M101). Tambaya: Menene aka kara wa kundin Charles Messier na abubuwa masu banƙyama a 1781?
Messier 83 ko M83