Centaurus A (NGC5128)

[hjw]

I thought I try my luck again. Centaurus A is a strange galaxy and is part of the M83/Centaurus A cluster and therefore is at the right time to be imaged too. The galaxy is between 10 and 15 Mly away and is characterized by the unusual s-shape dust band. In its center is a super-massive black hole emitting relativistic jet streams (unfortunately my Pentax does not pick up X-rays   that would be spectacular...)

Saxon DS200 f/5 on SW HEQ5, Pentax K-30 unmodified, SW ST80 and ZWO ASI120MC for guiding. 50 light frames 180sec at ISO 1600, 150 bias frames and 20 flat frames (I am new to the reflector and the vignetting drove me nuts so I finally started using calibration frames)

The other galaxy in this group is NGC4945 and it is rather boring, so I will skip this one...

Clear skies!

HJ