Centaurus A

[killswitch (Edison)]

Had my first autoguider out on the field for the first time so i decided to try out 10min exposures as a test. The contrast is a little off because of the rising moon.

3x10mins ISO1600 with the ED100

Interesting fact, a Scottish fellow discovered it from Parramatta, NSW in 1826. He would have a heart attack if he saw what the skies there look like now.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Nice one Ed, lots of detail and surprisingly low noise, especially given the temperature

[BruceG (Bruce)]

Astonishingly good!!!
Are you using a LP filter to get 10 minute subs without skyglow?
Where are you imaging from?
You should be very happy with a result like that from 30 minutes.
WOW. Like I said before...Astonishing!
Bruce.

[killswitch (Edison)]

Cheers Dunk. I would have gone for more subs if it wasnt nearly 4am with a rising moon.

Thanks Bruce, No filters just at a dark site (Wiruna).

[raymo]

Beautiful.
raymo

[ralph1]

If moonrise was at 4 a.m. it must have been a crescent and shouldn't affect imaging massively. How come you didn't keep going?

[killswitch (Edison)]

Even though the moon was a small crescent, i could see the histogram shifting to the right so i stopped and started doing darks.

Plus astronomical twilight is around 4:30 so i thought id call it a night. Otherwise i would have been up for nearly 24 hours straight

[AstroJason (Jason)]

Wow Ed, that is fantastic mate, esp for only 30 mins of data! Looking forward to seeing what you can do with more time on the object!

[jakob]

Well done.
Nice details.

[aarong (Aaron)]

Great! Love how much detail you have captured.

[LightningNZ (Cam)]

Brill image!

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

Damn Ed that is some hot stuff. Nice work.

[Somnium (Aidan)]

really impressive