Centaurus A from Northern Hemisphere (James R Potts)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Centaurus (Cen) · Contains: Centaurus A · NGC 5128 · PGC 158885 · PGC 159057 · PGC 548504 · PGC 548549 · PGC 548948 · PGC 548964 · PGC 549047 · PGC 550523 · PGC 554775 · PGC 558581 · PGC 560829 · PGC 560945 · PGC 563130 · PGC 90179

Centaurus A from Northern Hemisphere

Here is my second processed image from last week at the Texas Star Party. This object, like Omega Centauri, is very low in the southern sky, I think even in South Texas it only rose to about 16 degrees. This is an image that I have been interested in imaging for sometime, but it just doesn't get high enough in the sky for me to image at home. This is only 26 minutes of image time, unfortunately my image time was limited to it being above the horizon and the southern clouds we had much of the week. Considering the low altitude and low image time, I was very happy with this image.

Centaurus A was discovered in 1826 by James Dunlop and is one of the closest radio galaxies at a distance of 11 million light years. Its strange morphed shaped is due to a merger with 2 smaller galaxies. It is comprised of mostly evolved red stars; however, is dusty disk has been the site of over 100 star formation regions.

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RA (center)	13h25m31s.543
RA (top/left)	13h25m47s.868
RA (top/right)	13h28m37s.138
RA (bottom/right)	13h25m15s.613
RA (bottom/left)	13h22m24s.229

Dec (center)	-43°01′28″.17
Dec (top/left)	-43°39′54″.82
Dec (top/right)	-42°43′27″.31
Dec (bottom/right)	-42°23′02″.78
Dec (bottom/left)	-43°19′10″.32

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