Thread: NGC 4945 Seyfert Galaxy
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Old 13-04-2013, 11:06 PM
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NGC 4945 Seyfert Galaxy
NGC 4945 is a spiral galaxy in Centaurus, ~ 12 million light years distant. It contains many X-ray sources and its bright nucleus is possibly due to a black hole and associated accretion disk.

11 x 60 sec subs
D7000 @ ISO 1600
Processed in PixInsight, with minimal cropping.

I was aiming to get a lot more data but the clouds beat me.

Second image added after application of PI's Local Histogram Equalisation.

Chris
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