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Old 30-05-2011, 01:26 PM
TrevorW
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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 of Centaurus. There is considerable debate in the literature regarding the galaxy's fundamental properties such as its Hubble type (lenticular galaxy or a giant elliptical galaxy)[7] and distance (10-16 million light-years).[2][3][4][5][6] NGC 5128 is one of the closest radio galaxies to Earth, so its active galactic nucleus has been extensively studied by professional astronomers.[11] The galaxy is also the fifth brightest in the sky,[11] making it an ideal amateur astronomy target,[12] although the galaxy is only visible from low northern latitudes and the southern hemisphere.
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