NGC-5128



Radio Galaxy


   
About this Object:
 
   
Technical Details:
Optics 6" F/5 Takahashi FCT-150 Refractor
Mount Takahashi EM-500 on a Takahashi Pier
Camera SBIG ST-10XME
Filters Don Goldman's LRGB Filters
Date May 5th, 2004 during TSP
Location Ft. Davis, Texas
Exposure LRGB = 15:15:15:15 minutes
   
Comments:  
This is really cool galaxy just above Omega Centauri.  I quickly grabbed this image of it just before packing my scope and leaving TSP.  One of these days I will shoot it long and deep to get a better image of it.  It contains the radio emitting star Centaurus A.
   

 

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