| "The sky is the ultimate art gallery just above us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 82) |
Astrophotography by Jason Jennings |
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| Galaxies :: NGC5128 | |
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| Object | NGC5128 |
| Comment |
Only 11 million light-years away, NGC5128 (aka Centaurus A) is the closest active galaxy to planet Earth. Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the peculiar elliptical galaxy is apparently the result of a collision between two otherwise normal galaxies resulting in a fantastic jumble of star clusters and imposing dark dust lanes. Near the galaxy's center, left over cosmic debris is steadily being consumed by a central black hole with a billion times the mass of the Sun. As in other active galaxies, that process likely generates the radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray energy radiated by NGC5128. Text adapted from APOD. Image is a [Ha+L],[Ha+R]GB composite. |
| Optics | RCOS 12.5" F/9 (2874mm FL) |
| Camera | Apogee Alta F16M - 1x1 bin (image scale: .65 arcsec/pix) |
| Mount | Software Bisque Paramount ME |
| Exposure | Total exposure time: 23.5 hours |
| Date | June 2014 |