(Quite) Deep Centaurs A

[marco]

Hi all, I evetually being able to process my shot of Centaurus A from the data I collected few months ago. This is not as deep and as detailed as the great and famous image taken by Mike, my total exposure was about half with a slightly smaller scope and with lower imaging scale, however I am quite satisfied with the result since the field of view is quite large and it is possible to see some dust and faint galaxies in the background apart the two lobes extending perpendicular to the dust lane.

Here is the link:
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/deepsky/13667287_7Mtr58#1507970918_rjGsC8M-X3-LB

Total exposure was 13 hours (LRGB) from Coona. Other details on the page.

I really recommend you to see the full res zoomify version, you can as usual get the image visible full screen clicking the button at the right of the control bar. You can navigate there from the main page or clicking the direct link below:
http://astrosurf.com/lorenzi/ccd/ngc5128_LRGB.htm

Hope you will like it.

Clear Skies
Marco

[richardo]

Man that is just a wild view Marco!
Full res is just mind blowing.. super crisp pin point stars and heaps of dust!
Unbelievable the amount of background galaxies and their interactions.

Just wonderful!

Rich

[Octane]

That is so beautiful.

Love your work, Marco.

H

[Paul Haese]

Lovely work Marco.

[jase]

Not as deep as Mike's, but WOW! Great work Marco. Galactic cirrus is plentiful. I think this is a tough target to convey as its easy to make the dark lane look out of place when going for the halo and fainter structure. You've done very well. More please...

[John Hothersall]

These wide lower res images show a different sort of detail which is as stunning showing the Milkyway dust. Star colour is so deep and the two jets can be seen either side so easily.

John.

[Leonardo70]

Wonderful Marco ...

Congratulations,
Leo

[Ross G]

You have shown some amazing detail Marco.

A great photo.


Ross.

[Tom Davis]

Hard to recognize the galaxy -- the image is so deep!!! Great job!

Tom

[peeb61]

Nice one Marco..13 hours...wow! Now that is serious.
Lovely depth and detail.

Paul

[gregbradley]

A terrific shot Marco. You can also see the little blue jet above the central part at 10 o'clock.

You did a sensational job of processing.

TEC's rule dude!

Greg.

[AG Hybrid]

Special, special picture you have taken there.

[SkyViking]

A truly beautiful image, it's great so see all these galaxy shots lately. Very well done.

[mill]

That looks awesome Marco :eyepop:

[Lester]

Thanks for the view Marco, outstanding indeed.

[strongmanmike]

All the way with Centaurus A :cool:

The extra field of view sets it off nicely Marco :thumbsup:

Welcome to the exclusive "whole of Centaurus A" club, has very few members :D

Dark skies are a blessing though huh?..when I did my version I was at 1000m and under perfect dark skies too :thumbsup:

Nice work for an Italian... living in China...imaging from Australia...:question: :lol:

Mike

[marco]

Thanks Rich



Thanks H



Thanks Paul



Thanks Jase, this is a good "magic" of Pixinsight, their HDR wavelet is amazing for these this kind of objects! I am really enjoying it, I am going to upload shortly a repro of my M31 shot, taken 3 years ago, the difference is impressive..



Thanks John, I wish I could have your imaging scale, your shot of CentA core was superlative



Thanks Leo!



Thanks Ross



Thanks Tom



Thanks Paul, long exposure rule ;)



Thanks Greg :)



Thanks Adrian



Thanks Rolf


Thanks Martin



Thanks Lester



Grazie Mike :) This is a small world after all :)

Clear Skies
Marco

[LucasB]

That is one of the best Centaurus A shots I have seen! Amazing detail!:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Lucas

[marco]

Thanks Lucas!

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Marco

[Garyh]

Lovely colors and Composition!
Very nicely done!

[marco]

Thanks Garyh!

Clear Skies
Marco

[atalas]

Splendid work Marco!

[madbadgalaxyman]

Marco,
I pointed out your image of N5128 to Professor Kenneth C. Freeman of ANU, a man who, with Peng et al., studied the outermost regions of NGC 5128 and found that there was a distinct "disky" or relatively rapidly rotating component there.
(Dr Freeman is one of the great extragalactic astronomers of our time, and he is consistently one of Australia's most cited scientists)

We both agreed that your image is very comparable to the deep "co-added Schmidt films" image of David Malin, which was the deepest image of NGC5128 that was available in the 1980s.
Malin had to go to great lengths with a big Schmidt telescope in order to get results similar to that which you have got with a CCD and modest aperture.

cheers,
Robert

Oh, one more thing....Freeman is interested in one of the other images at your website, as it shows more than any of his imaging material taken with big telescopes.....I will email you about this.

[lhansen]

Beautiful

Incredibly well done

[iceman]

Wow, what a spectacular image. It really blew me away.

Stunning result, Marco. Do you have a remote observatory setup in Coona?

This image is now IOTW (http://www.iceinspace.com.au).

[atalas]

Congrats Marco! another spectacular well earned IOTW.

[Suzy]

What an incredible image!
Those jets are jaw dropping. :eyepop:

[Stevec35]

Nothing more to say that hasn't already been said. A classic Centaurus A!

Cheers

Steve