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NGC5128
NGC 5128 is a peculiar galaxy in the southern constellation of Centaurus. I processed this image with publicly available data from the Las Cumbres Observatory. The PI for this observation was Edward Gomez. This image included data collected with B, V and R filters. The data comes from 1 m telescopes at the South African Astronomical Observatory and Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. Individual images acquired with the following filters were stacked to generate the final image.
Red : 2.08 hours of R
Green: 1.83 hours of V
Blue : 1.82 hours of B
NGC 5128 is also the source of a very strong radio source called Centaurus A. The prevailing hypothesis for the strange shape of the galaxy is a merger between a giant elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy. This merger is also believed to be the reason for the strong radio emission. More in this excellent review paper here: arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9811051
Publishing credits:
LCO website as part of their image gallery: lco.global/images/space/
NGC5128
NGC 5128 is a peculiar galaxy in the southern constellation of Centaurus. I processed this image with publicly available data from the Las Cumbres Observatory. The PI for this observation was Edward Gomez. This image included data collected with B, V and R filters. The data comes from 1 m telescopes at the South African Astronomical Observatory and Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. Individual images acquired with the following filters were stacked to generate the final image.
Red : 2.08 hours of R
Green: 1.83 hours of V
Blue : 1.82 hours of B
NGC 5128 is also the source of a very strong radio source called Centaurus A. The prevailing hypothesis for the strange shape of the galaxy is a merger between a giant elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy. This merger is also believed to be the reason for the strong radio emission. More in this excellent review paper here: arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9811051
Publishing credits:
LCO website as part of their image gallery: lco.global/images/space/