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NGC5128 - Centaurus A, Dennis Sprinkle
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NGC5128 - Centaurus A

NGC5128 - Centaurus A, Dennis Sprinkle
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NGC5128 - Centaurus A

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Description

I have wanted to shoot Centaurus A for a long time but really not possible at home. It is just too low in the sky and too much light pollution. I shot this back in May but just now got around to processing it. I plan to more time on it each year, but wanted to show my progress so far.

Software used to capture image:

Sequence Generator Pro

PHD2

Software used to edit:

PixInsight

Photoshop

Total data gathered:

(126) Lum @ 120secs - 1x1

(29) R @ 240secs - 1x1

(26) G @ 240secs - 1x1

(30) B @ 240secs - 1x1

Camera : QHY600 with Readout mode 0 and Gain set to 26 and offset at 76

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4

Mount: AP Mach1GTO

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NGC5128 - Centaurus A, Dennis Sprinkle