Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  Centaurus A  ·  NGC 5128
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NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy from my NexDome Obs, Martin Dowd
NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy from my NexDome Obs
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NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy from my NexDome Obs

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NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy from my NexDome Obs, Martin Dowd
NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy from my NexDome Obs
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NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy from my NexDome Obs

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NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy is the 3rd imaged object from my NexDome Obs last week under clear moonless skies.

Conditions : Average to Good
Sky : Bortle 3/4
Telescope : 10" f5 Klaus Helmerich Newtonian Reflector
Mount : Skywatcher EQ8 - R Pro
Imaging Camera : ZWO2600MC , cooled to -10C , Gain 101
Guide Scope : Orion 60mm with helical focuser
Guide Camera : ZWO290MM
No Filter ( only internal UV/IR Cut protective window )
Tracking and Goto : EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
Capture Software : APT
PHD2 Multistar Guiding ( 0.60 to 0.70 arc sec total )
58 x 2 minute dithered subs
40 x Flats
60 x Bias
Stacking Software : Deep Sky Stacker
Processing Software : Startools V1.8 OSC Linear Data Set

Quite pleased with how much clean detail appeared after the initial Auto stretch with under 2 hours of data

Comments welcome

Thanks for looking

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NGC 5128 Centaurus A Galaxy from my NexDome Obs, Martin Dowd