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Photographer:
MannyS
Location of Photo:
Hurtado Valley, Chile
Date/Time of photo:
3/20/2023, 3:45UTC
Equipment:
RCOS 14.5" f/9 Ritchey-Chrétien, FLI PL16070 camera, RGB filters
Description:
Viewable in the Southern Hemishere, Centaurus A (NGC5128) is one of the brightest sources of radio waves in the sky. It is a type of radio galaxy that consists of an optical galaxy located at the center of an immensely larger two-lobed radio source. A dust lane obscures part of the visible galaxy. Centaurus A is about 13 million light years from Earth.
