CENTAURUS A

CENTAURUS A
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CENTAURUS A

Centaurus A sports a warped central disk of gas and dust, which is evidence of a past collision and merger with another galaxy. It also has an active galactic nucleus that periodically emits jets. It is the fifth brightest galaxy in the sky and only about 13 million light-years away from Earth, making it an ideal target to study an active galactic nucleus – a supermassive black hole emitting jets and winds – with NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope. Merging X-ray data (blue) from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with microwave (orange) and visible images reveals the jets and radio-emitting lobes emanating from Centaurus A's central black hole.
🚀 After processing the photo that came from the shooting instruction I gave to the CHI-1 telescope in Telescope.live, I managed to get this frame by composing the X-ray, Infrared and Radio lights photos taken by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Telescope: CHI-1
Camera: FLI PL 9000
600sx6 Luminance
600sx3 Red
600sx3 Green
600sx3 Blue
X-ray, Infrared & Radio light photos credit from NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Optical image credit from @Telescope.live
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
CHI-1
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
FLI PL 9000
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
Chili
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
2020
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
Ha, SII, OIII
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
PIXINSIGHT, PS
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