NGC 5128 Centaurus A

[rogerg]

G'day all,

I had a great night last night, out in the observatory imaging NGC 5128 until 11:30pm and then left the scope going on other NGC objects for the rest of the night. A rare opportunity to be up late capturing some astro data :D

Also tweaked my polar alignment slightly earlier in the night, attempting to get my pointing accuracy back to it's former glory. :)

Here's Centaurus A:

http://www.rogergroom.com/items/ngc5128_hamburger_galaxy

Looks a little soft and contrast lacking on my work PC but at home it looked sharper and more contrasty ... so not sure if I've processed it quite right.

:thumbsup:

[multiweb]

Sharp details in the dust lane. Very nice Roger. :thumbsup: Glad to hear you guys are getting some sky time in WA. Can you push some our way?

[rogerg]

Thanks :)

Be nice if we could share the good weather around :) Funny though, I drove down from the hills (where I live) to the flats for work this morning and there was cloud everywhere, thick. So I dunno, maybe it just kindly avoided my suburb last night! :)

[Tamtarn]

Very up close and personal Roger :) Good detail and smoothly processed

[Liz]

Great pic Roger, it is an awesome sight :thumbsup:

[Alchemy]

smooth , but i think you could sharpen the dust lanes a bit for effect if you wanted too,

[iceman]

Nice image, Roger. Up close and personal.

Agree with Clive, a bit of sharpening in the dust lanes would make it pop a bit more.

[peeb61]

Very nice indeed Roger.
Yes please send some of that clear sky our way!

Paul

[Hagar]

Very nice clean image Roger, I think you can probably squeaze a bit more out of this image and adjust the contrast a little more to really highlight the image.
Very nice.

[jjjnettie]

There's lots of detail hiding in there.
Great image!

[Jen]

Nice pic :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[rogerg]

Wow, so many replies! Thanks everyone!


It is nice and smooth isn't it, something I like about he shot. Thanks :thumbsup:



Yeap:)


Yeap, I think I'll have to play with it some more :)


It would be nice if it wasn't so up close and person, but have to live with the pixel scale I have :)



No problem! :)


Thanks .. agreed :)


Thanks :)

[rogerg]

Thanks :thumbsup:

[RB]

A lovely result Roger, nice and smooth.

:thumbsup:

[sjastro]

Fine image Roger.

Regards

Steven