Wallpaper author:
Walter Borghini
09 Jan 2025
NGC 5128
NGC 5128 also known as "Centaurus A" is the closest radio galaxy to Earth, located about 12 million light years away. From its poles there are two radio jet emissions several million light years long, at its center it is thought to be located a supermassive black hole of many millions of solar masses.
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 |