NGC 5128 Centaurus A

[rogerg (Roger)]

G'day all,

I had a great night last night, out in the observatory imaging NGC 5128 until 11:30pm and then left the scope going on other NGC objects for the rest of the night. A rare opportunity to be up late capturing some astro data

Also tweaked my polar alignment slightly earlier in the night, attempting to get my pointing accuracy back to it's former glory.

Here's Centaurus A:

http://www.rogergroom.com/items/ngc5...mburger_galaxy

Looks a little soft and contrast lacking on my work PC but at home it looked sharper and more contrasty ... so not sure if I've processed it quite right.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Sharp details in the dust lane. Very nice Roger. Glad to hear you guys are getting some sky time in WA. Can you push some our way?

[rogerg (Roger)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Sharp details in the dust lane. Very nice Roger. Glad to hear you guys are getting some sky time in WA. Can you push some our way?

Thanks

Be nice if we could share the good weather around Funny though, I drove down from the hills (where I live) to the flats for work this morning and there was cloud everywhere, thick. So I dunno, maybe it just kindly avoided my suburb last night!

[Tamtarn]

Very up close and personal Roger Good detail and smoothly processed

[Liz]

Great pic Roger, it is an awesome sight

[Alchemy (Clive)]

Looks a little soft and contrast lacking on my work PC but at home it looked sharper and more contrasty ... so not sure if I've processed it quite right.

smooth , but i think you could sharpen the dust lanes a bit for effect if you wanted too,

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice image, Roger. Up close and personal.

Agree with Clive, a bit of sharpening in the dust lanes would make it pop a bit more.

[peeb61 (Paul)]

Very nice indeed Roger.
Yes please send some of that clear sky our way!

Paul

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very nice clean image Roger, I think you can probably squeaze a bit more out of this image and adjust the contrast a little more to really highlight the image.
Very nice.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

There's lots of detail hiding in there.
Great image!

[Jen]

Nice pic

[rogerg (Roger)]

Wow, so many replies! Thanks everyone!

Originally Posted by Tamtarn

Very up close and personal Roger Good detail and smoothly processed

It is nice and smooth isn't it, something I like about he shot. Thanks

Originally Posted by Liz

Great pic Roger, it is an awesome sight

Yeap

Originally Posted by Alchemy

smooth , but i think you could sharpen the dust lanes a bit for effect if you wanted too,

Yeap, I think I'll have to play with it some more

Originally Posted by iceman

Nice image, Roger. Up close and personal.

Agree with Clive, a bit of sharpening in the dust lanes would make it pop a bit more.

It would be nice if it wasn't so up close and person, but have to live with the pixel scale I have

Originally Posted by peeb61

Very nice indeed Roger.
Yes please send some of that clear sky our way!

Paul

No problem!

Originally Posted by Hagar

Very nice clean image Roger, I think you can probably squeaze a bit more out of this image and adjust the contrast a little more to really highlight the image.
Very nice.

Thanks .. agreed

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

There's lots of detail hiding in there.
Great image!

Thanks

[rogerg (Roger)]

Originally Posted by Jen

Nice pic

Thanks

[RB (Andrew)]

A lovely result Roger, nice and smooth.

[sjastro]

Fine image Roger.

Regards

Steven