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      Centaurus A - NGC5128
      Wallpaper author:
      Devoll Duka

      01 Jun 2024

      Centaurus A - NGC5128

      “…It’s a peculiar lenticular galaxy in the constellation Centaurus, which appears to be an elliptical galaxy with a huge superimposed dust lane. It is one of the closest radio galaxies, and its active galactic nucleus has been extensively studied.

      Was discovered by James Dunlop on August 4, 1826 and is located about 11 million light-years away…”

      Source: SkySafariPlus


      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

      Centaurus A - NGC5128