This image was processed from just the RGB data and represents what Centaurus A usually looks like in most wider field images..... However! If you stare at Centaurus A and its surrounds long enough ...it looks like this: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/97061387/original AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO refractor with 4" field flattener FLI ProLine11002 CCD & CFW-2-7 RGB = 90 90 90min (all bin 1X1) Astronomik filters -35C chip temp, darks and flats (AstroHandy LightRing used for flats) 12MPPS download speed = 1.5sec/full frame download at bin 1X1. FOV = 1.8deg X 1.2Deg Image scale 1.6"/pix Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9 Comments: Taken under good conditions from "Wiruna" - the dark sky site for the Astronomical Society of New South Wales See the equipment used to take this image here: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/81003751/original Some links to equipment used to take this image: Finger Lakes Instrumentation CCD cameras: http://www.fli-cam.com/ Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller: http://www.astro-electronic.de/ Gerd Neumann/Astronomik filters: http://www.gerd.neumann.net/ http://www.astronomik.com/ MSB Software & Astroart 4 http://www.msb-astroart.com/ STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software: http://www.skylab.com.au/ AstroHandy Accessories http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/astrohandy_lightring http://www.astrohandy.com
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