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      NGC 5128- Centaurus A Galaxy
      Wallpaper author:
      Jeremy Kozman

      14 Feb 2021

      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.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 5128

      24 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Galaxy
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI ProLine PL9000
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 201.3651 Dec -43.0191
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        26 Dec 2019 - 29 Jul 2021
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance61910h40m62
      Halpha2133h40m62
      Green71812h10m61
      Red73812h30m61
      Blue71812h10m61

      NGC 5128- Centaurus A Galaxy