NGC 5128- Centaurus A Galaxy
NGC 5128- Centaurus A Galaxy
Centaurus A is one of the brightest galaxies in our sky, but barely clears the horizon at my home in the northern hemisphere. It contains a supermassive black hole that ejects huge jets of material. Not visible in this RGB image, the jets can be seen in radio observations.
This image is from 2 one-click observations of the CHI-1 scope. I found it to be an excellent target for putting to use new skills learned in Adam Block's tutorial on NGC 2835.
Hopefully the weather will allow me to get even more data soon.
This image is from 2 one-click observations of the CHI-1 scope. I found it to be an excellent target for putting to use new skills learned in Adam Block's tutorial on NGC 2835.
Hopefully the weather will allow me to get even more data soon.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
Planewave CDK24
Camera
FLI PL9000
Location
CHI-1
Date of observation
Feb. 8 and 13, 2021
Filters
RGB
Processing
Pixinsight, just a bit of Photoshop
Credits
date from Telescope Live
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Comments
Thanks! I was amazed at the amount of detail in only an hour of data. Have fun with it!
This is great! I now can't wait to do my version!