Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5128
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Centaurus A Galaxy, NGC 5128, Roger Clark
Centaurus A Galaxy, NGC 5128
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Centaurus A Galaxy, NGC 5128

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Centaurus A Galaxy, NGC 5128, Roger Clark
Centaurus A Galaxy, NGC 5128
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Centaurus A Galaxy, NGC 5128

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This image was obtained with a stock Canon 7D Mark II 20-megapixel digital camera and 300 mm f/2.8 L

IS II lens plus a 1.4x teleconverter giving 420 mm at f/4, and ISO 3200. No dark frame subtraction, no

flat fields. Tracking with an Astrotrac and no guiding. Thirty-four and one-half minutes total

exposure (69 30-second exposures). This image is a crop to show detail at full resolution, 2.0

arc-seconds/pixel in this image. This image was obtained with My Very Portable Astrophotography,

Landscape and Wildlife Photography Setup:

http://www.clarkvision.com/articles/portable-astro-landscape-wildlife-setup/

This is a natural color image.

More information:

http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/gallery.astrophoto-1/web/ngc5128-420mm-rnclark-av69-c03-18-2018-img1276-1351-f-c1.html

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Centaurus A Galaxy, NGC 5128, Roger Clark