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NASA image release May 20, 2011
This composite of visible, microwave (orange) and X-ray (blue) data reveals the jets and radio-emitting lobes emanating from Centaurus A's central black hole. Credit: ESO/WFI (visible); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (microwave); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray)
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Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A and its jets from its energetic central black hole. Color/processing variant.
Original caption: Colour composite image of Centaurus A, revealing the lobes and jets emanating from the active galaxy’s central black hole. This is a composite of images obtained with three instruments, operating at very different wavelengths. The 870-micron submillimetre data, from LABOCA on APEX, are shown in orange. X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in blue. Visible light data from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2 m telescope located at La Silla, Chile, show the stars and the galaxy’s characteristic dust lane in close to "true colour". #L
NGC 5128 - Centaurus A. Apilado de 206x20 segs (1h 8min), f:400mm @ F/5.7, ISO 1600. Canon 1000D +Celestron 70/400, 20-05-2012
Change Space Telescope image of the galaxy Centaurus A as a kaleidoscope.
Original caption: This quartet of galaxies comes from a collaboration of professional and amateur astronomers that combines optical data from amateur telescopes with data from the archives of NASA missions. Starting in the upper left and moving clockwise, the galaxies are M101 (the "Pinwheel Galaxy"), M81, Centaurus A, and M51 (the "Whirlpool Galaxy"). In these images, X-rays from Chandra are in pink, infrared data from Spitzer are red, and the optical data are in red, green, and blue. The two astrophotographers who donated their images for these four images -- Detlef Hartmann and Rolf Olsen -- used their personal telescopes of 17.5 inches and 10 inches in diameter respectively.
Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A (without emphasizing its jets from its central black hole). Color/processing variant.
Original caption: The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spectacular object ever created.
I used the Skynet Robotic Telescope Network' 16" PROMPT telescopes in the Chilean Andes to take this image of the radio galaxy Centaurus A. Very simple 40 second open exposure.
Edited Chandra Space Observatory and XMM-Newton Observatory combined image of Centaurus A (the colorful blob in the middle) and an x-ray flare.
Original caption: Astronomers have found a pair of extraordinary objects that dramatically burst in X-rays. This discovery, obtained with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton observatory, may represent a new class of explosive events. This image shows the location of one of these objects (box) in the NGC 5128 galaxy where low, medium, and high-energy X-rays detected by Chandra are colored red, green, and blue. The other source was found in the elliptical galaxy called NGC 4636.
Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A. Color/processing variant.
Original caption: Centaurus A is our nearest giant galaxy, at a distance of about 13 million light-years in the southern constellation of Centaurus, and as such, it is one of the most extensively studied objects in the southern sky. It is an elliptical galaxy, currently merging with a companion spiral galaxy, resulting in areas of intense star formation and making it one of the most spectacular objects in the sky. Centaurus A hosts a very active and highly luminous central region, caused by the presence of a supermassive black hole with a mass of about 100 million solar masses (see eso0109), and is the source of strong radio and X-ray emission. Thick dust layers almost completely obscure the galaxy's centre. This image is based on data acquired with the 1.5-metre Danish telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, through three filters (B, V, R).
NGC:5128 C77 GALXY RA:13h26 DEC:-43°01' m:7 Centaurus A CEN
Orion Skyview 254mm f/4.7 + MPCC MK III + EOS 80D + Atlas EQ-G
LVI2 Autoguider + Baader Vario Finder 10 × 60
30 × 30s ISO 1.600
Won the Overall Photographer of the year Award as well as Winner in the Deep Space Category for the Royal Astronomical Society of NZ Astrophotography competition. It was the only deep space image I finished this year but put a lot of effort in it across 2 years so very glad it has been recognised.
Big thanks to Amit Ashok Kamble for running such a smooth comp and making it even easier to enter, Dylan O'Donnel for the judging and special mention to my friend Kavan Chay who encouraged me to at least enter this one when I was really adamant to not enter any any competitions this year.
Judges description (Dylan O'Donnel):
Amrit’s incredibly deep exposure of the close galaxy Centaurus A has truly paid off for the two years he collected data in order to produce this image and reveal the outer glow and the relativistic jets that are difficult to see in visible light. This kind of image is altogether uncommon but has not been selected merely for effort but for the careful processing, contrast and colour Amrit has pulled out of the image. Congratulations on winning the Deep Sky category.
Judging video
youtu.be/WaPNQZrRnKs?si=jY2w-oXJiAWCtqYO&t=516
Original post with photo details here www.facebook.com/aap777/posts/pfbid0U269w2g9EWCkCgG2Rt15C...
Image description:
Stared at a black hole for 120 hours over a year and this is what I ended up with. Centaurus A is a bright galaxy with a supermassive black hole in the middle of it. I tunnel visioned into a dark rabbit hole to capture the rarely imaged filaments and much to my surprise even got a smudge of the rarer Southern Jet. As these details are faint, they take a lot of effort to capture amidst light pollution. With my luck, most of the clear nights I had were with the moon out which washed the sky out but you take what you can get with the way the years been. People from darker sky areas, bigger & faster scopes will be able to do better with half the time. I hope to stack on more hours to this project in future years before calling it finished but moving to other objects for now. There is a lot I'm not happy about with this, but that's what happens when you take a year off - forgetting the processing workflow and trying to deal with a complex dataset that comprises many nights data spanning over 12 months, lots of mixed light pollution & moon gradients to deal with.
Have included shots of the wider area along with an annotated copy which labels approx 80 known galaxies in the background from NGC/PGC catalogues as well as labelled the Jet and filaments. Also featured a closer crop as one of the biggest advantages of the longer integration time was that I was able to selectively stack the sharpest data and produce a relatively decent resolution with my tiny but mighty Esprit 100mm refractor telescope from Skywatcher.
Exposure detail:
- 46hrs Ha, 3 minute exposures
- 38hrs Luminance, 1 minute exposures
- 36hrs RGB evenly distributed between each channel, 1 minute exposures
Equipment:
🔭 Skywatcher Esprit 100 ☁ Auckland, NZ. Bortle 6 zone 😦 📷 RisingCam IMX571, Gain 100/offset 50, -5c 🔵 Filters Antlia 3nm Ha, Optolong L, RGB filters ⚙Mount Skywatcher EQ6 Pro/290mm+60mm guide scope
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Another southern wonder. This may have been the last session of the season: it is snowing now! In April!
Canon T1i at prime focus of Meade 8" SCT f/6.3
90 min total, ISO800
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Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A and its jets from its energetic central black hole. Processing variant.
Original caption: Colour composite image of Centaurus A, revealing the lobes and jets emanating from the active galaxy’s central black hole. This is a composite of images obtained with three instruments, operating at very different wavelengths. The 870-micron submillimetre data, from LABOCA on APEX, are shown in orange. X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in blue. Visible light data from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2 m telescope located at La Silla, Chile, show the stars and the galaxy’s characteristic dust lane in close to "true colour". #L
Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A (without emphasizing its jets from its central black hole). Color/processing variant.
Original caption: The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spectacular object ever created.
Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A (without emphasizing its jets from its central black hole).
Original caption: The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spectacular object ever created.
Minha segunda captura da galáxia Centaurus A, NGC 5128. É uma galáxia bem brilhante, então é um bom alvo mesmo dentro da cidade. Foi a primeira galáxia que capturei em imagem no início do hobby. Acredito ter sido uma das minhas melhores capturas até o momento.
My second capture of the Centaurus A, NGC 5128 galaxy. It's a really bright galaxy, so it's a good target even from a city. It was the first galaxy that I captured when I started the hobby. I believe it's one of my best so far.
Canon T3i modified, Sky-Watcher 200p (200/1000mm), ISO 800. Guiding with Asiair and ASI290mc in an adapted finderscope 50mm, Eq5 Sky-watcher mount and AstroEq tracking mod. 63 Ligth Frames of 80, 150 and 180s, 92 darks and 50 bias. It was used an Optolong L-Pro filter. 2h21m total exposure. Processing on Pixinsight.
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This is a colour composite photo of the peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) , obtained with the Wide-Field Imager (WFI) camera at the ESO/MPG 2.2-m telescope on La Silla. It is based on a total of nine 3-min exposures made on March 25, 1999, through different broad-band optical filters (B(lue) - total exposure time 9 min - central wavelength 456 nm - here rendered as blue; V(isual) - 540 nm - 9 min - green; I(nfrared) - 784 nm - 9 min - red); it was prepared from files in the ESO Science Data Archive by ESO-astronomer Benoît Vandame. The elliptical shape and the central dust band, the imprint of a galaxy collision, are well visible.
Colour composite image of Centaurus A, revealing the lobes and jets emanating from the active galaxy’s central black hole. This is a composite of images obtained with three instruments, operating at very different wavelengths. The 870-micron submillimetre data, from LABOCA on APEX, are shown in orange. X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in blue. Visible light data from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2 m telescope located at La Silla, Chile, show the stars and the galaxy’s characteristic dust lane in close to "true colour". #L
NASA/ESA Hubble Uzay Teleskopu bu hafta bize düzensiz gökadalardan biri olan NGC 5253'ün görüntüsünü sunuyor. Yakın gökadalardan olan NGC 5253 olarak bilinen Mavi Yoğun Cüce sınıfı galaksilerden biridir ve güney takımyıldızlarından Erboğa'da bulunur. Cüce gökada 12 milyon ışık yılı uzaklıktadır.
A dramatic new Chandra image of the nearby galaxy Centaurus A provides one of the best views to date of the effects of an active supermassive black hole. Opposing jets of high-energy particles can be seen extending to the outer reaches of the galaxy, and numerous smaller black holes in binary star systems are also visible. This multi-panel shows the Chandra image in context with radio and optical data. The x-ray image was made from an ultra-deep look at the galaxy Centaurus A, equivalent to more than seven days of continuous observations. Centaurus A is the nearest galaxy to Earth that contains a supermassive black hole actively powering a jet.
Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A (without emphasizing its jets from its central black hole). Processing variant.
Original caption: The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spectacular object ever created.
NGC 5128 Centaurus A Radio Galaxy
Elliptical galaxy absorbing a spiral galaxy. Spiral galaxy's dust lane cuts across the ellipse
Located in Centaurus constellation
2014-3-27 (Thailand)
Orion EON 120 ED Apo Refractor; Starlight Xpress Trius SX9C CCD; Losmandy G-11 equatorial mount w/ Gemini 2; Orion ST80 guidescope (piggybacked); Starlight Xpress lodestar autoguider; 6x420sec exposures
Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A (without emphasizing its jets from its central black hole). Color/processing variant.
Original caption: The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spectacular object ever created.
Colour composite image of Centaurus A, revealing the lobes and jets emanating from the active galaxy’s central black hole. This is a composite of images obtained with three instruments, operating at very different wavelengths. The 870-micron submillimetre data, from LABOCA on APEX, are shown in orange. X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in blue. Visible light data from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2 m telescope located at La Silla, Chile, show the stars and the galaxy’s characteristic dust lane in close to "true colour". #L
Edited Chandra Space Observatory and XMM-Newton Observatory combined image of Centaurus A (the colorful blob in the middle) and an x-ray flare. Annotated (by NASA or ESA) version showing the location and size of the flare.
Original caption: Astronomers have found a pair of extraordinary objects that dramatically burst in X-rays. This discovery, obtained with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton observatory, may represent a new class of explosive events. This image shows the location of one of these objects (box) in the NGC 5128 galaxy where low, medium, and high-energy X-rays detected by Chandra are colored red, green, and blue. The other source was found in the elliptical galaxy called NGC 4636.
Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A (without emphasizing its jets from its central black hole). Color/processing variant.
Original caption: The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spectacular object ever created.
Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A (without emphasizing its jets from its central black hole). Color/processing variant.
Original caption: The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spectacular object ever created.
Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A (without emphasizing its jets from its central black hole). Color/processing variant.
Original caption: The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spectacular object ever created.
Centaurus A, also known as NGC 5128, is well known for its dramatic dusty lanes of dark material. Hubble’s new observations, using its most advanced instrument, the Wide Field Camera 3, are the most detailed ever made of this galaxy. They have been combined here in a multi-wavelength image which reveals never-before-seen detail in the dusty portion of the galaxy. As well as features in the visible spectrum, this composite shows ultraviolet light, which comes from young stars, and near-infrared light, which lets us glimpse some of the detail otherwise obscured by the dust.
Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A. Color/processing variant.
Original caption: Centaurus A is our nearest giant galaxy, at a distance of about 13 million light-years in the southern constellation of Centaurus, and as such, it is one of the most extensively studied objects in the southern sky. It is an elliptical galaxy, currently merging with a companion spiral galaxy, resulting in areas of intense star formation and making it one of the most spectacular objects in the sky. Centaurus A hosts a very active and highly luminous central region, caused by the presence of a supermassive black hole with a mass of about 100 million solar masses (see eso0109), and is the source of strong radio and X-ray emission. Thick dust layers almost completely obscure the galaxy's centre. This image is based on data acquired with the 1.5-metre Danish telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, through three filters (B, V, R).
Edited European Southern Observatory image of the galaxy Centaurus A (without emphasizing its jets from its central black hole). Color/processing variant.
Original caption: The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. With a total exposure time of more than 50 hours this is probably the deepest view of this peculiar and spectacular object ever created.
This image of Centaurus A shows a spectacular new view of a supermassive black hole's power. Jets and lobes powered by the central black hole in this nearby galaxy are shown by submillimeter data (colored orange) from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope in Chile and X-ray data (colored blue) from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Visible light data from the Wide Field Imager on the Max-Planck/ESO 2.2 m telescope, also located in Chile, shows the dust lane in the galaxy and background stars. The X-ray jet in the upper left extends for about 13,000 light years away from the black hole. The APEX data shows that material in the jet is travelling at about half the speed of light.
Chandra Space Telescope image of Centaurus A and its structure. The white diagonal line is the jet from black holes in the center of the galaxy.