Tweezer Galaxy- Some people have vivid imaginations
NGC 4945 Tweezer Galaxy
Constellation Centaurus
Right ascension 13h 05m 27.5s[1]
Declination −49° 28′ 06″[1]
Redshift 563 ± 3 km/s[1]
Distance 11.7 Mly (3.6 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.3[1]
Characteristics
Type SB(s)cd[1]
Apparent size (V) 20′.0 × 3′.8[1]
Other designations PGC 45279,[1] Caldwell 83
NGC 4945 (also known as Caldwell 83) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus, visible near the star Xi Centauri.[3] The galaxy was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 and is thought to be similar to the Milky Way Galaxy, although X-ray observations show that NGC 4945 has an unusual energetic Seyfert 2 nucleus that might house a supermassive black hole. Around the nucleus of the galaxy, there is a dense disk of dust and gas, along with many dense star clusters. This object has an estimated mass of 1.4+1.4−0.7×1011 M Equipment:
GSO 10" f/8 Truss RC Losmandy G11 Mount guided PHD2 Orion Starshoot on 60mm guide scope
QHY 268c one shot colour camera, -10c, . Gain 57 Offset 30 Ezcap QT capture software, with Optolong L Extreme filter Time/Locale:
The best 21 subs out of 30, 1hrs 24min total in 4min long exposures captured 15/03/2023 Bortle 5/6 sky between 12;18am and 2:22am, Najm Nazm Observatory Kelmscott WA, partial moon, 48% humidity no wind. Although I lost tracking at one stage due to thin cloud twice so I packed it up for night, needs more data Processing: Stacked DSS, then P2, PS6
Nice work Trevor I really like what you’re putting out lately. Definitely more data will help with that noise and you should even see some nice colour coming through in the core as well.
