Centaurus A

John Buonomo

Centaurus A

Centaurus A is the fifth brightest galaxy in the sky -- making it an ideal target for amateur astronomers -- and is famous for the dust lane across its middle and a giant jet blasting away from the supermassive black hole at its center. Cen A is an active galaxy about 12 million light years from Earth. - NASA.Gov

SPECIFICATIONS

Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Planewave CDK24

Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

FLI ProLine PL9000

Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

El Sauce Observatory Río Hurtado, Coquimbo, Chile

Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

2021-02

Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Astrodon Luminance, Red, Green, Blue

Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Photoshop

Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Image Acquisition Telescope.Live Processing John Buonomo