Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  Centaurus A  ·  NGC 5128
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NGC 5128 Centaurus A (The Hamburger Galaxy) IN RGB, Ian Parr
NGC 5128 Centaurus A (The Hamburger Galaxy) IN RGB
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NGC 5128 Centaurus A (The Hamburger Galaxy) IN RGB

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NGC 5128 Centaurus A (The Hamburger Galaxy) IN RGB, Ian Parr
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NGC 5128 Centaurus A (The Hamburger Galaxy) IN RGB

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A new moon and a rare run of cool clear nights with fair seeing and no serious issues with neighbours lights, for a change, gave me a window of opportunity to go back to RGB. Only 11 million light-years away, Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is the closest active galaxy to planet Earth. Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the is a very peculiar elliptical galaxy with strong X-Ray emissions ... just not sure which filter to use for that. I plan to get more data and some better flats but for the moment I am quite pleased with this which makes a pleasant change from NB in Vela.

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NGC 5128 Centaurus A (The Hamburger Galaxy) IN RGB, Ian Parr