Wallpaper author:
Nik Szymanek
04 Mar 2023
The Shells of Centaurus A
Centaurus A taken with CHI-4. 6 x 300s exposures per LRGB filter. The left pane shows the typical view of the galaxy. On the right is the same image but with the stars extracted to show the concentric shells that surround the galaxy.
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 |