The Hubble Space Telescope's new wide-field camera has sent down a picture showing how the "assembly line" of starbirth works in a nearby spiral galaxy.The galaxy is a stunner in its own right: M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel, is 15 million light-years from Earth lies in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy can just barely be made out with the naked eye under optimal conditions, but the telescope view reveals a spectacular face-on spiral ... hence the "Pinwheel" label.Read more commentary about the image here: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009
