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      NGC 4945
      Wallpaper author:
      Dan Crowson

      18 Apr 2023

      NGC 4945

      NGC 4945 (ESO 219-24, PGC 45279 and many others) is a seyfert 2 galaxy located approximately 11.3 million light-years away in Centaurus.

      Luminance – 6x300s and 10x600s – 130 minutes – binned 1x1

      RGB – 6x300s and 10x600s – 130 minutes each – binned 1x1

      520 minutes total exposure – 8 hours 40 minutes

      Imaged over thirteen nights in 2021 and 2022 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 9000 on a PlaneWave CDK24 at f/6.5 3974 mm.

      LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/52827993641/sizes/l/

      This data is from Telescope Live (https://telescope.live/) “One-click Observations.”


      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 4945

      7 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Galaxy
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI ProLine PL9000
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 196.3637 Dec -49.4679
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        15 Apr 2020 - 22 Dec 2022
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance6753h16
      Red7133h10m16
      Green7133h10m16
      Blue7133h10m16
      Halpha16040m15

      NGC 4945