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March 12 2010 Ngc 5128 Centaurus A

Centaurus A is a lenticular galaxy located 11 Million light years away and is part of the local group. This galaxy is one of the closest radio galaxies to our milky way and its active galactic nucleus has been extensively studied by Astronomers on earth. The Dust lane in this galaxy may have been created in a collision two smaller galaxies. Image Acquired remotely through Lightbuckets Lb-0004 14.5" Ritchey Chretien SBIG Stl-11000 L-6x240s Bin 1x1 RGB-2x240s each channel all Bin 1x1
Submitted by: Salvatore Grasso (SalvatoreGrasso)	Location: Pingelly Australia	Date: February 04 2012

2010-03-12 01:11:36 GMT Andrea Maniero

Semplicemente fantastica !! Complimenti!

2010-03-12 01:45:52 GMT ak666666

Fabulous picture. The stars are points, the sky is black and beautiful structure in the dust lanes.

2010-04-06 18:15:46 GMT tglicata

Despite many good entries, this is an easy pick for best of the month. Stunning!

2010-04-07 21:28:48 GMT Filippo Bratta

Bella, bella, bella!!! Complimenti

2010-04-16 01:02:36 GMT SalvatoreGrasso

Thank you all very much :)

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March 12 2010

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Ngc 5128 Centaurus A