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      Centaurus A or NGC5128
      Wallpaper author:
      Gary Crawford

      22 Dec 2024

      Centaurus A or NGC5128

      I enjoy processing images from the Ch-1 observatory that has a Planewave CDK24 telescope, something I could never access otherwise. This is a beautiful DSO, probably the result of a collision between an eliptical and a spiral galaxy. I used PixInsight Lockhart to process the 13 hrs 10 min of integration. MARS doesn't include much of the Southern Hemisphere yet, so I used DBE extremely conservatively on the image. I put considerable time into bringing out the colour and detail in the dust lanes and associated nebulosity.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 5128

      14 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CMOS
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Galaxy
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        QHY 600M
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 201.3651 Dec -43.0191
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        30 Mar 2023 - 30 Dec 2024
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Halpha4506h48
      Blue2563h25m48
      Red2633h30m48
      Luminance2623h25m47
      Green2683h30m47

      Centaurus A or NGC5128