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Old 08-05-2011, 11:10 PM
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NGC 5128 (Centaurus A)

Here is my stab (in the dark of course) at this infamous target - thanks to Mr Sidonio !

Funny, even though all the cloud about these days gives me the &^*#s, I seem to get lucky with seeing when gathering Luminance data. In this case the smallest detail visible in the image is about 2 arcsec! On the subsequent night while getting the RGB the seeing was average at best.

I'm pretty pleased with the result so hope you like it too. And unless someone points out a glaring problem with it I promise not to reprocess

Small:
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/134522302/large

Large (4MB) (Use 'Cntrl -' to zoom out for the big picture)
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/134522302/original

Cropped a little for pleasing composition.

Don't forget too this is done with a measly 5.9" aperture! BTW, the Takahashi TOA-150 is the finest scope in its class ... bar NONE!!!

Cheers, Marcus
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