Centaurus A radio galaxy (NGC 5128)

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Centaurus A radio galaxy (NGC 5128)
Éder Iván


A galaxis központi porsávja
This central dust lane is a remnant of a previous spiral galaxy

Image details

Instrument:
200/750 Newton, Paracorr Type-II (860mm effective focal length)
Camera:
Home-modified Canon EOS 550D
Mount:
SkyWatcher EQ6 + Boxdörfer DynoStar
Guiding:
9x50mm SkyWatcher finder scope (50/180mm), Lacerta-MGen autoguider
Exposure time, filters:
40x5 min (3 hours 20 min total), ISO 1600
Location, date:
Hakos astrofarm, Namibia (1835m), 2012.06.15.
Observing conditions:
Transparency: 9/10, Seeing: 7/10, Temperature: +10°C
Processing:
ImagesPlus, Registar, Pixinsight LE, Photoshop

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