Another Centaurus A

[TrevorW]

Captured this on Friday night not the best only about 1hrs data in 10 min subs had an issue with guiding half way through so reason cropped and also smoke haze in air from CALM burn offs

excuses I'll nail this one one day, but we've finally got some decent rain so may be another week or so before I can give it a decent go

Cheers all

[Screwdriverone]

Nice Trevor, details are great, dust lane is awesome.

A few more subs are the go, grab some more and add to this and it will be stupendous...

What are the scope/cam details?

Cheers

Chris

[TrevorW]

Thanks Chris, this was captured with the GSO 8"RC and QHY8 OSC CCD

yeah you need a lot of data to do it justice

[jjjnettie]

That's great for an hours work Trevor.
Happy to hear you're getting some rain!

[gregbradley]

Good one Trev.

Nice to get out imaging eh?

Greg.

[TrevorW]

Thanks JJ and Greg

has been a bit of a break nearly 2 months since my last posting, still learning to sort out the G11

I've got 6 weeks leave coming up so weather permitting

[strongmanmike]

Yeh, always got time for a Cen A :thumbsup:...noice

Mike

[Gem]

Nice image! Well done!

I could be wrong, but I think "Centaurus A" is actually the radio name for the object. If we are imaging in the visual spectrum, NGC 5128 is the correct term, isn't it?
:confuse3:

Anyway, keep up the good work!

[TrevorW]

Thanks Mike, would have to agree, not up to your standards as yours and Marcus's are two of the finest I've seen of late

but another one for my collection

Grant, not sure never really thought about it but interesting point although Wikipedia states

Centaurus A (also known as NGC 5128) is a prominent galaxy in the constellation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation) of Centaurus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus). There is considerable debate in the literature regarding the galaxy's fundamental properties such as its Hubble type (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_type) (lenticular galaxy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_galaxy) or a giant elliptical galaxy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_elliptical_galaxy))[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A#cite_note-harris10b-6) and distance (10-16 million light-years (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year)).[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A#cite_note-tonryetal2001-1)[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A#cite_note-ned-dist-2)[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A#cite_note-ferrarese07-3)[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A#cite_note-majaess10-4)[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A#cite_note-harris10-5) NGC 5128 is one of the closest radio galaxies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_galaxies) to Earth, so its active galactic nucleus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_galactic_nucleus) has been extensively studied by professional astronomers.[11] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A#cite_note-israel1998-10) The galaxy is also the fifth brightest in the sky,[11] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A#cite_note-israel1998-10) making it an ideal amateur astronomy target,[12] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurus_A#cite_note-eicher1988-11) although the galaxy is only visible from low northern latitudes and the southern hemisphere.

[John Hothersall]

Splendid result with big halo and dust lane is so extensive.

John.

[Hagar]

This one has come up nicely Trevor. I am trying the same tonight with my new TSA120. Hopefully I will get a similar result.
Well done Mate.

[TrevorW]

Thanks John and Doug

Doug hope you get plenty of data although the FOV will be wider with the new scope the stars should be tight based on your other posts of late

[Ross G]

Excellent photo Trevor.

Sharp and very detailed. I also like the colours.


Ross.

[Gem]

Trevor,

Got me thinking... and looking into it: wiki is wrong! Oh well, a name is a name. Everyone knows it by Cen A anyway. :)

[telecasterguru]

Pretty good with lots of detail.

[multiweb]

Very cool Trev. One of your best shots there. Not an easy one for sure. Great details. :thumbsup:

[TrevorW]

Thanks Ross, Frank, Grant and Marc

[Yogie-One]

How did you go with your images Hagar (Doug) (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/member.php?u=1433)

YO (YogieOne)

[Yogie-One]

Nice one TrevorW (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/member.php?u=1230) , Good and clear.

YO (YogieOne)

[TrevorW]

Thanks Paul

[Fabiomax]

Trevor beautiful, interesting, especially the details of this beautiful galaxy. your rc works well!
Fabiomax

[TrevorW]

These RC's are very good bang for your buck IMO

I'd be buying a 10" when I can

Thanks

[Stevec35]

I think I commented on this in another forum Trevor but I'll say it again. A great image in all respects except it needs a lot more data. Another few hours and it will be an absolute winner.

Cheers

Steve

[TrevorW]

No problem Steve just have to wait for the clouds to clear