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Old 14-05-2013, 09:27 PM
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Centaurus A in UV (B channel)

Long wave UV imaging of galaxies is tedious due to the very long exposures required to get a good S/N ratio.

I have estimated a 70 hr exposure in UV will have a similar S/N ratio to a standard 1.5 luminance image for Centaurus A.
Rather than spending the rest of my life imaging Centaurus A I took a short cut by doing a 10 hr exposure and using this as a B channel image with existing L, R and G data.

A comparison between a conventional and UV image of Centaurus A is in the attachment with the standard image on the left.

A higher resolution UV image is found here.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~sjastro/ngc5128UV.html

A higher resolution image of Centaurus A in visible light is here.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~sjastro/ngc5128nnc.html

Clear skies

Steven
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