NGC4945, the Cigar Galaxy in a starry field (Guillermo (Guy) Yanez)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Centaurus (Cen) · Contains: NGC 4945 · NGC 4976 · The star ξ1Cen · The star ξ2Cen

NGC4945, the Cigar Galaxy in a starry field, Guillermo (Guy) Yanez

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NGC4945, the Cigar Galaxy in a starry field

Link: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/85826/deep_sky/NGC/4945/galaxy/by-guillermo_yanez

Link to TIFF/FITS: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/85826/deep_sky/NGC/4945/galaxy/by-guillermo_yanez

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NGC4945, the Cigar Galaxy in a starry field

Link: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/85826/deep_sky/NGC/4945/galaxy/by-guillermo_yanez

Link to TIFF/FITS: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/85826/deep_sky/NGC/4945/galaxy/by-guillermo_yanez

NGC4945, the cigar galaxy or also known as The Tweezers Galaxy and NGC4976 to its left. A nice starry field in Centaurus. A small fainter companion is also visible in a star rounded shape to the bottom center of the field (I have no clue on any catalog designation for this particular galaxy). There is also a faint tint of PGC45001 on the center right of the image.

L/Ha/CLS/OIII at 26/25/26/25 300 sec exposure individual subs.

A two evening runs under bright full moon and Bortle 7 skies. Some galaxies are still possible to obtain with small refractors.

NGC4945 was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826. It belongs to the Centaurus cluster of galaxies at roughly 14 millon ly away from earth and shaded by the milky way star fields lying between us and the galaxy. It is similar in shape and conditions to our own galaxy but is suspected to have a gigantic black hole at its core.

Lo Barnechea, Chile

NGC4945 y NGC4976 un poco más a la izquierda. También se aprecia una galaxia satélite de NGC4945 un poco más abajo al centro que pareciera confundirse con una estrella.

Dos noches bajo luna llena (25/4) y cielos Bortle 7. Algunas galaxias son bastante generosas incluso con luna y cielos urbanos.

NGC4945 fue descubierta por James Dunlop en 1826 y bautizada también por la comunidad de aficionados como "cigar galaxy". Sería muy similar a nuestra vía láctea pero albergaría un agujero negro supermasivo al centro. Se encuentra a unos 14 millones de años luz de nosotros en el cúmulo del Centauro

L/Ha/CLS/OIII at 26/25/26/25 300 sec exposure individual subs.

Lo Barnechea, Chile

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