Wallpaper author:
Beatrice Heinze
11 Jul 2026
NGC 5128 Centaurus A (LRGB)
Centaurus A, also know as NGC 5128 or Caldwell 77, is a peculiar elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus.
This galaxy is situated approximately 11 million light-years away from Earth, and was discovered by astronomer James Dunlop in 1826.
I used PixInsight for stacking & processing the data.
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Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 5128
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 201.3625 Dec -43.01889
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................28 Feb 2020 - 28 Feb 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 300 | 30m | 6 |
| Red | 300 | 30m | 6 |
| Green | 300 | 30m | 6 |
| Blue | 300 | 30m | 6 |