Centaurus A

Riverland Dingo Observatory · Moorook, Australia

Centaurus A by Ken Crawford

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Image Equipment Details

  • Riverland Dingo Observatory Moorook, AU
  • RCOS 14.5" Truss - Classical Cass - F8
  • Paramount ME
  • Apogee Alta U16m
  • SBIG ST402 Guider
  • Astrodon MonsterMoag off axis guider
  • Astrodon 2nd Generation 50mm Square Filters

Exposure Details

  • Luminance = 560 minutes
  • Red = 260 minutes
  • Blue = 280 minutes
  • Green = 180 minutes
  • Ha = 0
  • SII = 0
  • OIII = 0

Software Used

  • CCDAP 4
  • MaxDL 5
  • Pinpoint
  • Thesky 6
  • Pempro
  • CCDstack / CCDIS
  • Photoshop CS4

About this image

This faint arc of blue stars is about 1000 light-years long and was most likely pulled out by a small dwarf galaxy in a merger event. You can read more about it in this Write-Up.

Centaurus A detail